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Lat It is not clear. In the Roman courts, when any of the judges, after the hearing of a cause, were not satisfied that the case was made clear enough for them

Lat Of unsound mind. Fleta, lib. 0, c. 40,

Payments made to the church, by those who were tenants of church-farms. The first was a rent or duty for things belonging to husbandry: the sec- ond was claimed iu right of

A special traverse used in an action of trover, alleging that de- fendant was not possessed, at the time of action brought, of the chattels alleged to have been converted by him.

In the law of evidence, matters deemed notorious do not require to be proved. There does not seem to be any recognized rule as to what matters are deemed notorious. Cases have

An action for damage done by slaves or irrational animals. Sandars, Just. Inst. (5th Ed.) 457.

Lat. The sou of nobody ; a bastard. Nullius bominis anctoritas apud nos valere debet, ut meliora non sequere- mur si qnis attulerit. The authority of no man ought to prevail with

In old English practice. A messenger. One who was sent to make an excuse for a party summoned, or one who explained as for a friend the reason of a party’s absence.

An abbreviation for “New Series;” also for “New Style.”

Lat That shall hereafter be born. A term used in marriage settlements to designate the future issue of the marriage, as distinguished from “nutus,” a child already born.

The act of adopting an alien into a nation, and clothing him with all the rights possessed by a natural- born citizen. Boyd v. Nebraska, 143 U. S. 135, 12 Sup. Ct.

Fr. In French law. A ship. Emerig. Traits des Assur. c. 6,

does not affect its negotiability. Fleckner v. Bank of United States, 8 Wheat. 338, 5 L. Ed. 031.

Lat. Inauspicious. Applied. in the Roman law, to a day on which it was unlawful to open the courts or administer justice. Ncgatio conclnsionis est error in lege. Wing. 208. The denial

properly rejected this as a rule of evidence. 7 Term It 001. Nemo bis punitur pro eodem delicto. No man is punished twice for the same offense. 4 Bl. Comm. 315; 2

See EVIDENCE.

The name of a pica in an action on an award, by which the defendant traverses the allegation that an award was made.

In Roman law. Obligations contracted by literw (i. c.. Uteris ohligationes) were so called because they arose from a peculiar transfer (transcriptio) from the creditor’s day-book (adversaria) into his ledger, (codex.)

The refusal to accept anything.

In English law. One who refuses to comply with others; one who refuses to join in the established forms of worship. Non-conformists are of two sorts: (1) Such as absent themselves from