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NON-INTERVENTION WILL

A term sometimes applied to a will which authorizes the executor to settle and distribute the estate without the intervention of the court and without giving bond. In re Macdonald’s Estate, 29

NON OMITTAS

A clause usually inserted in writs of execution, in England, directing the sheriff “not to omit” to execute NON OMNE DAMNUM 827

NON SUM INFORMATUS

Lat. I am not informed; I have not been instructed. The name of a species of judgment by default, which is entered when the defendant’s attorney announces that lie is uot informed

NOTARIUS

his case is put out of court by some adverse ruling which precludes a recovery. I’.oyce v. Snow. 1ST 111. 181, 58 N. E. 403; Deele.v v. Ileintz. 169 N. Y. 120,

NOTARY PUBLIC

A public officer whose function is to attest and certify, by his hand and official seal, certain classes of documents, in order to give them credit and authenticity in foreign jurisdictions; to

NUCES COLLIGERE

the year 887 till the year 893, are so called. These Novels changed many rules of the Justinian law. This collection contains 113 Novels, written originally In Greek, and after- wards, in

NUDA POSSESSIO

Lat. Bare or mere possession. Nnda ratio et nnda pactio non ligant aliqnem debitorem. Naked reason and naked promise do not bind any debtor. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 60,

NUMERATA PECUNIA

Lat. In the civil law. Money told or counted; money paid by tale. Inst 3, 24, 2; Bract, fol. 35.

NYCTHEMERON

The whole natural day, or day and night, consisting of twenty- four hours. Enc. Lond. O. 0. 840 OATH o O. O. An abbreviation, In tbe civil law, for “ope consilio,” (q.

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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