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Lat. No one; no man. The iui- tial word of many Latin phrases and maxims, among which are the following: Nemo admittendus est inhabilitare seipsuin. Jenk. Cent. 40. No mau is to

222; Veazie v. Marrett, 6 Allen (Mass.) 372.

Lat. Unless. The word is often affixed, as a kind of elliptical expression, to the words “rule,” “order,” “decree,” “judgment.” or “confirmation,” to indicate that the adjudication spoken of is one which

admission elsewhere. Com. v. Tilton. S Mete. (Mass.) 232. Not available as an estoppel in a civil action. Com. v. Ilorton, 9 Pick. (Mass.) 20G.

One who writes on the subject of laws.

A person connected with an army or navy, but for purposes other than fighting; such as the surgeons and chaplains. Also a neutral.

Lat. He is not found. The sheriff’s return to process requiring liirn to arrest the body of the defendant. when the latter is not found within his jurisdiction. It is often abbreviated

In English law. Persons who refuse to take the oaths, required by law, to support the government. Non jus ex regula, sed regula ex jure. The law does not arise from the

One who is not a dweller within some jurisdiction in question; not an inhabitant of the state of the forum. Gardner v. Meeker, 1G!) 111. 40, 48 N. E. 307; Nagel v.

Inability to sue. 5 Bell, App. Cas. 172. Non valet confirmatio, nisi ille, qui coniirmat, sit in possessione rei vel juris unde fieri debet confirmatio; et code in modo, nisi ille cui

A plea of the general issue In the actious of trespass and case and in criminal prosecutious. The form of the verdict In criminal cases, where the jury acquit the prisoner. 4

As soon as a notary has made presentment and demand of a bill of ex- change, or at some seasonable hour of the same day, he makes a minute on the bill,

Lat. In the civil law. A step-mother.

Lat. A naked pact; a bare agreement; a promise or undertaking made without any consideration for it Justice v. Lang. 42 N. Y. 493, 1 Am. Rep. 576; Wardell v. Williams, 62

An acre of land. Spelman.

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.

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.

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

A term said to be of much wider scope in the law of damages than “pecuniary.” It embraces all those consequences of an injury usually denominated “general” damages, as distinguished from special

Properly the period of twenty-four hours from midnight to midnight. Co. Litt. 135; Fox v. Abel. 2 Conn. 541; People v. Hatch, 33 111. 137. Though sometimes taken to mean the “day-time”