Category: N

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

1. The refusal of one state or nation to have commercial dealings with another; similar to an embargo, (q. v.) 2. The absence of access, communication, or sexual relations between husband and

Not negotiable; not capable of passing title or property by indorsement and delivery. Non obligat lex nisi promulgata. A law is not obligatory unless it be promulgated. Non observata forma, infertur adnul-

Lat. He did not submit. A plea to an action of debt, on a bond to perform an award, to the effect that the defendant did not submit to the arbitration.

In old ecclesiastical law. A nun. Nonnus, a monk. Spelman.

Nominal damages are a trifling sum awarded to a plaintiff in an action, where there is no substantial loss or injury to be compensated, but still the law recognizes a technical invasion

One on which process cannot ordinarily issue or be served or returned and on which the courts do not ordinarily sit. Whitney v. Blackburn, 17 Or. 564. 21 Pac. 874, 11 Am.