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A return sometimes made by sheriffs or constables to a writ of execution; but it is not a technical formula, and is condemned by the courts as ambigu- ous and insufficient. See

The name of an imposition or duty. SeeANTIQUA CUSTUMA.

Lat. In the civil law. An offense committed or damage done by a slave. Inst. 4, 8, 1.

Lat. In old English law. Of no legal force. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 60,

Lat. A second marriage. In the canon law, this term included any marriage subsequent to the first.

A lineal measure of two inches and a quarter.

Born and to be born. All heirs, near and remote.

amages which “naturally” arise from a breach of contract are such as arise in the usual course of things, from the breach itself, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have

tary of the navy, and having in charge the defense of the country by sea, by means of ships of war and other naval appliances.

This word, as applied to space, can have no positive or precise meaning. It is a relative term, depending for its signification on the subject-matter in relation to which it is used

NEGLIGENCE. The omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do. or doing something which a prudent and reasonable

Nemo punitur sine injuria, facto, seu defalta. No one is punished unless for some wrong, act, or default. 2 Inst. 287. Nemo qui condemnare potest, ab- solvere non potest. No one who

Lat. In Roman law. Bound; bound persons. A term applied to such insolvent debtors as were delivered up to their creditors, by whom they might be held in bondage until their debts

See FUND.

Titular; existing in name only; not real or substantial; connected with the transaction or proceeding in name only, not in interest.

In legal parlance, this term denotes the absence of opportunities for sexual intercourse between husbaud and wife; or the absence of such intercourse. Non accipi debent verba in demonstra- tionem falsam, quae

A uou-apparent or discontinuous easement. Fetters v. Humphreys, 18 N. J. Eq. 202. See EASEMENT.

Lat. He did not break the contract. The name of a plea sometimes pleaded in the action of covenant, and intended as a general issue, but held to be a bad plea;

A writ that lay for a person who was molested contrary to the king’s protection granted to him. Reg. Orig. 184. Non nasci, et natum mori, paria sunt. Not to be born,

A writ prohibiting an ordinary to take a pecuniary mulct imposed on a clerk of the sovereign for non- residence. Beg. Writ. 59.