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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

The vacation between term and term, formerly called the time or days of the king’s peace.

Longevity and annuity tables compiled from bills of mortality kept in All Saints parish, England, in 1735-17S0. Noscitur a sociis. It is known from its associates. 1 Vent. 225. The meaning of

As soon as a notary has made presentment and demand of a bill of ex- change, or at some seasonable hour of the same day, he makes a minute on the bill,

In Saxon law. A pecuniary satisfaction for an Injury, amounting to nine times the value of the thing for which It was paid. Spelman.

Anything that unlawfully worketh hurt, inconvenience, or damage. 3 Bl. Comm. 216. That class of wrongs that arise from the unreasonable, unwarrantable, or unlawful use by a person of his own property,

In international law. A, messenger; a minister; the pope’s legate, commonly called a “nuncio.”

An abbreviation for “nota bene,” mark well, observe; also “nulla bona,” no goods.

A common abbreviation of “nar- ratio,” (q. v.) A declaration in an action. Jacob.

The name of an ancient collection of original writs, accompanied with brief commeuts and explanations, compiled iu the time of Edward 111. This is commonly called “Old Natura Breviuin,” (or “O. N.

supersede the master of the ship with reference to -which the inquiry is held, to discharge any of the seamen, to decide questions as to wages, send home offenders for trial, or

L. Lat. The statute 35 Edw. I.

Controlling force; irresistible compulsion; a power or Impulse so great that it admits no choice of conduct. When it is said that an act is done “under necessity,” it may be. in

A place near; an adjoining or surrounding district; a more immediate vicinity; vicinage. See Langley v. Barnstead, 03 N. II. 240; Madison v. Mor- ristown Gaslight Co., 05 N. J. Eq. 350,

The state of a nation which takes no part between two or more other nations at war. U. S. v. The Three Friends, 160 U. S. 1, 17 Sup. Ct 495, 41

A member of a secret association, (especially in Russia,) which is devoted to the destruction of the present political, religious, and social institutions. Webster.

Fr. In French law. Freight. The same with “fret.” Ord. Mar. liv. 3, tit. 3.

One who has been nominated or proposed for an office.

Not twice for the same; that is, a man shall not be twice tried for the same crime. This maxim of the civil law (Code, 9, 2, 9, 11) expresses the same