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These words, indorsed on a bill of indictment by a grand jury, have the same effect as the indorsement “Not a true bill” or “Ignoramus.”

Lat. Knowledge; information ; intelligence; notice. Notitia dieitur a noscendo; et notitia non debet clandicare. Notice is named from a knowledge being had; and notice ought not to halt, [i. e

Lat. Novelty; newness; a new thing. Novitas non tam ntilitate prodest qnam novitate perturbat. A novelty does not benefit so much by its utility as it disturbs by its novelty. Jenk. Cent.

Naught; of no validity or effect Usually coupled with the word “void;” as “null and void.” Forrester v. Boston, etc., Min. Co., 29 Mont. 397, 74 Pac. 10S8; Hume v. Eagon, 73

Lat. In the civil and old English law. A fair. In nundinis et mer- catis, In fairs and markets. Bract, fol. 56.

An abbreviation for “non est inventus,” he is not found.

In Scotch conveyancing. That part of a deed which describes the gran- tor, and person in whose favor the deed is granted, and states the cause (consideration) of granting. Bell. NARRATOR 803

A rule of conduct arising out of the natural relations of human beings, established by the Creator, and existing prior to any positive precept Webster. The foundation of this law is placed

In the civil law. The master or captain of a ship. Calvin.

L. Fr. Never married. More fully, ne unques accouple en loiall matrimonie, never joined in lawful marriage. The name of a plea in the action of dower unde nihil habet, by which

See INSANITY.

In Swedish and Gothic law. A jury. 3 Bl. Comm. 349, 359.

As an element in numerous compound terms and phrases of the law, this word may denote novelty, or the condition of being previously unknown or of recent or fresh origin, but ordinarily

A thief; a pilferer.

Lat. In practice. A formal entry upon the record, by the plaintiff in a civil suit or the prosecuting officer in a criminal action, by which he declares that he “will no

One who writes on the subject of laws.

A person connected with an army or navy, but for purposes other than fighting; such as the surgeons and chaplains. Also a neutral.

Lat. He is not found. The sheriff’s return to process requiring liirn to arrest the body of the defendant. when the latter is not found within his jurisdiction. It is often abbreviated

In English law. Persons who refuse to take the oaths, required by law, to support the government. Non jus ex regula, sed regula ex jure. The law does not arise from the

One who is not a dweller within some jurisdiction in question; not an inhabitant of the state of the forum. Gardner v. Meeker, 1G!) 111. 40, 48 N. E. 307; Nagel v.