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The name of a prison In London, said to have existed as early as 1207. It was three times destroyed and rebuilt For centuries the condition of the place was horrible, but

near high mountains covered with snow. Du Cange.

Lat. In the civil law. A name; the name, style, or designation of a person. Properly, the name showing to what gens or tribe he belonged, as distinguished from his own individual

A treatise or description of laws.

A non-commissioned officer of the army or militia is a subordinate officer who holds his rank, not by commission from the executive authority of the state or nation, but by appointment by

Lat. He did not make it. A plea in an action of assumpsit on a promis- sory note. 3 Man. & G. 446.

Not subject to be levied upon. Non-leviable assets are assets upon which an execution cannot be levied. Farmers’ F. Ins. Co. v. Conrad, 102 Wis. 387, 78 N. W. 582. Non licet

A writ, addressed to a bishop, charging him not to molest a clerk employed in the royal service, by reason of his non- residence; iu which case he is to be discharged.

Lat. He (the defendant in a criminal case) will not contest it. A plea legally equivalent to that of guilty, being a variation of the form “nolo contendere,” (q. v.,) and sometimes

In English practice. A plea of the general issue by a defendant in a civil action, when he intends to give special matter in evidence by virtue of some act or acts

fact; the power or authority of a judex; the power of hearing causes and of pronounc- ing sentence, without any degree of jurisdiction. Calvin.

Know all men by these presents. Formal words used at the commencement of deeds of release in the Latin forms.

d. 5, 14, 1; Broom, Max. 676. NUEVA RECOPIEACION. (New Compilation.) The title of a code of Spanish law, promulgated in the year 1567. Schm. Civil Law, Introd. 79-81.

Lat. Now for then. A phrase applied to acts allowed to be done after the time when they should be done, with a retroactive effect, i. e., with the same effect as

Lat. Not of sound mind. A generic term applicable to all insane persons, of whatsoever specific type the insanity may be and from whatever cause arising, provided there be an entire loss

L. Lat. In old English law. A taking; a distress. Spelman. Things, goods, or animals taken by way of distress. Simplex namium, a simple taking or pledge. Bract, fol. 2056.

See INTERNATIONAL LAW.

The freight of passengers in a ship. Johnson; Webster.

The general issue in a formedon, now abolished. It denied the gift in tail to have been made in manner and form as alleged; and was therefore the proper plea, if the

In pleading. The statement in apt and appropriate words of all the necessary facts, and no more. Lavves, Pi. 62. Nec curia deficexet in justitia exlii- beuda. Nor should the court be