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NON IMPEDIVIT

Lat. He did not impede. The plea of the general issue in quare impedit. The Latin form of the law French “ne disturba pas.”

NON MERCHANDIZANDA VICTU- ALIA

An ancient writ addressed to justices of assize, to inquire whether the magistrates of a town sold victuals in gross or by retail during the time of their being in office, which

NON SEQUITUR

Lat It does not follow. Non solent quae abundant vitiare scripturas. Superfluities [things which abound] do not usually vitiate writings. Dig. 50, 17, 94. Non solum quid licet, sed quid est conveniens,

NONES

In the Roman calendar. The fifth and, in March. May, July, and October, the seventh day of the month. So called because, counting inclusively, they were nine days from the ides. Adams,

NOT SATISFIED

A return sometimes made by sheriffs or constables to a writ of execution; but it is not a technical formula, and is condemned by the courts as ambigu- ous and insufficient. See

NOXIA

Lat. In the civil law. An offense committed or damage done by a slave. Inst. 4, 8, 1.

NULLIUS JURIS

Lat. In old English law. Of no legal force. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 60,

NUPTI

Lat. A second marriage. In the canon law, this term included any marriage subsequent to the first.

NOMINAL AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGES

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

NON-JUDICIAL DAY

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.

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