NON TENUIT
Lat. He did not hold. This is the name of a plea in bar in replevin, by which tlie plaintiff alleges that he did not hold in manner and form as averred,
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Lat. He did not hold. This is the name of a plea in bar in replevin, by which tlie plaintiff alleges that he did not hold in manner and form as averred,
Opposed to exceptional; that state wherein any body most exactly com- ports in all its parts with the abstract idea thereof, and is most exactly fitted to perform its proper functions, is
Lat. In Roman law. A natural child or a person of spurious birth.
Lat. In the civil law. A step-mother.
Lat. A naked pact; a bare agreement; a promise or undertaking made without any consideration for it Justice v. Lang. 42 N. Y. 493, 1 Am. Rep. 576; Wardell v. Williams, 62
An acre of land. Spelman.
L. Lat. In old English law. A taking; a distress. Spelman. Things, goods, or animals taken by way of distress. Simplex namium, a simple taking or pledge. Bract, fol. 2056.
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Lat In the civil and maritime law. A sailor; one who works a ship. Calvin. Any one who Is on board a ship for the purpose of navigating her. The employer of
Lat. In old English practice. A prohibitory writ com manding a lord not to demand from the tenant more services than were justly due by the tenure under which his ancestors held.
Lat Necessary; unavoidable; indispensable; not admitting of choice or the action of the will; needful.
Lat. In tho civil law. A transacter or manager of business ; a person voluntarily constituting himself agent for another; one who, without any mandate or authority, assumes to take charge of
Clear of anything extraneous; with all deductions, such as charges, expenses, discounts, commissions, taxes, etc.; free from expenses. St. John v. Erie R. Co., 22 Wall. 148, 22 L Ed. 743; Scott
The daughter of one’s brother or sister. Ambl. 514. See NEPUEW.
Entertainment of meat and drink for so many nights. Domesday.
An appointment or designation of a person to fill an office or dis- charge a duty. The act of suggesting or proposing a person by name as a candidate for an office.
and holding of such certificate. At most its legal effect is a stipulation against liability from further assessment or taxation after the entire subscription of one hundred per cent, shall have been
Lat. He does not detain. The name of the general Issue in the action of detinue. 1 Tidd, Pr. 045; Berlin Mach. Works v. Alabama City Furniture Co., 112 Ala. 48S, 20
In English law. A clause of a charter of a municipal borough, whereby the borough is NON INTROMITTEN DO 826
Neglect, failure, or refusal to do or perform an act stipulated to be done. Failure to keep the terms of a contract or covenant, in respect to acts or doings agreed upon.