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In English law. The title of the third of the three kings-at-arms, or pro- vincial heralds.

In legal proceedings, and In respect to public matters, this word is gen- erally, if not universally, used as importing a notice given by some person, whose duty it was to give

Lat. Denunciation of, or protest against, a new work. This was a species of remedy in the civil law, available to a person who thought his rights or his property were threatened

Futile; ineffectual; invalid ; destitute of constraining force or vitality. A legislative act may be “nugatory” because unconstitutional.

The permanent official representative of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government. Webster. They are called “ordinary” or “extraordinary,” according as they are sent for general purposes or on

An abbreviation for “non allocatur,” it is not allowed.

in French law, Is the contract of pledge; if of a movable, it is called “gage;” and if of an immovable, it is called “antichrHse.” Brown.

Lat. In old English law, a native; specifically, one born into a condition of servitude; a born serf or villein.

Lat. In the civil law. Nautical or maritime interest; an ex- traordinary rate of interest agreed to be paid for the loan of money on the hazard of a voyage ; corresponding

Lat That it be not received. A caveat or warning given to a law officer, by a party in a cause, not to re- ceive the next proceedings of his opponent. 1

Neeessitas excusat aut extenuat delictum in capitalibus, quod non operatur idem in civilibus. Necessity excuses or extenuates a delinquency in capital cases, which has not the same operation In civil cases. Bac.

In old English law. A woman who was born a villein, or a bondwoman.

In medical Jurisprudence. A condition of weakness or exhaustion of the general nervous system, giving rise to various forms of mental and bodily inefficiency.

ful. Co. Litt. G6o, 976. A maxim very frequently quoted by Lord Coke, but to be taken in modern law with some qualification. Broom, Max. ISO, 366. Nihil simul inventum est et

I>at. Whether willing or unwilling; consenting or not.

In the name of a penalty. In the civil law, a legacy was said to be left nomine poena where it was left for the purpose of coercing the heir to do

Not admitting of bail; not requiring bail.

Omission on the part of a judge to properly instruct the jury upon a necessary conclusion of law.

Those upon which a decision would not determine the action upon the merits, as a plea in abatement. 1 Chit. Archb. Pr. (12th Ed.) 249.

A writ formerly granted for freeing and discharging persons from serving on assizes and juries. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 165. Non possessorl incumbit neeessitas probandi possessiones ad se pertinere. A person in possession