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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.

The neglect or failure of a person to do some act which he ought to do. The term is not generally used to denote a breach of contract, but rather the failure

These words, when written across the face of a negotiable instrument, operate to destroy its negotiability. Durr v. State, 59 Ala. 24.

New counts. The collection called “Novce Narrationes” contains pleadings iu actions during the reign BL.LAW DICT.(2D ED.)

Hurtful; offensive; offensive to the smell. Rex v. White, 1 Burrows, 337. The word “noxious” includes the complex Idea both of insalubrity and offensiveness. Id.

L. Lat. No award. The name of a plea in an action on an arbitration bond, for not fulfilling the award, by which the defendant traverses the allegation that there was an

Pertaining to marriage; constituting marriage; used or done in marriage. Nuptias non concnbitns sed consensus facit. Co. Litt. 33. Not cohabitation but consent makes the marriage.

As a term of jurisprudence, this word is equivalent to bare, wanting in nec- essary conditions, incomplete, as a naked con- trad. (mulum pactum,) i. e., a contract devoid of consideration, and

In old records. A native place. Cowell.

Lat. Born, as distinguished from nasciturus, about to be born. Ante natus, one born before a particular person or event, c. ti.. before the death of his father, before a political revolution,

A sum paid to government as an acknowledgment for a grant of lands, or any public otiice. Enc. Lond.

The clear weight or quantity of an article, without the bag, box, keg, or other thing in which it may be enveloped.

Lat. In the civil law. Carelessness; inattention; the omission of proper care or forethought. The term is not exactly equivalent to our “negligence,” in- asmuch as it was not any ncgligentia, but

L. Fr. Not Litt

Nearest; closest; immediately following. See Green v. McLaren, 7 Ga. 107; State v. Asbell, 57 Kan. 398, 46 Pac. 770; German Security Bank v. McGarry, 106 Ala. 633, 17 South. 704.

This is the English equivalent of the Latin term “nulla bona.” being the form of the return made by a sheriff or constable, charged with an execution, when he has found no

To propose for an appointment ; to designate for an office, a privilege, a living, etc.

A forbearance from action; the contrary to act.

Lat. Not injured. This is a plea in an action of debt on an indemnity bond, or bond conditioned “to keep the plaintiff harmless and indemnified,” etc. It is in the nature