Black's Law Dictionary

Lat. A new man. This term is applied to a man who has been pardoned of a crime, and so made, as it were, a "new man."

Lat. In the civil law. This term denoted any damage or injury done to persons or property by an unlawful act committed by a man's slave or animal. An action for damages lay against

An action for damage done by slaves or irrational animala. Sandars, Just. Inst (5th Ed.) 457.

Lat. In the civll law. An action which lay against the master of a slave, for some offense (as theft or robbery) committed or damage or injory done by the slave, which was called "

The injury [i. e., liability to make good an injury caused by a slave] follows the head or person, [i. c., attaches to his master.] Heinecc. Elem. 1. 4, t. 8, § 1231.

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

Hurtful; offensive; offensive to the smell. Rex v. White, 1 Burrows, 337. The word "noxious" includes the complex Idea both of Insalubrity and offensiveness. Id.

An abbreviation for "notary public," (Rowley v. Berrian, 12 111. 200;) also for "nisi prius," (q. v.)

An abbreviation for "New Reports ;" also for "not reported," and for "nonresident."

An abbreviation for "New Series;" also for "New Style,"

Lat In the civil law. Marriageable ; one who is of a proper age to be married.

I4t To collect nuts. This was formerly one of the works or servicos imposed by lords upon their inferior tenants. Paroch. Antlq. 495.

A naked agreement [i. e., without consideration] does not beget an obligation. Dig. 2, 14, 7, 4; Broom, Max. 748.

Lat Mere sufferance,

Lat Bare or mere possession.

Naked reason and naked promise do not bind any debtor. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 60, § 25.

Naked. This word is applied metaphorically to a variety of subjects to indicate that they are lacking in some essential legal requisite. —Nude contract. One made without any consid

One made without any consideration; upon which no action will lie, in conformity with the maxim "ex nudo pacto non oritur actio." 2 Bl. Comm. 445.

A bare allegation of a thing done, unsupported by evidence.

A translation of the Latin "nudum pactum," a bare or naked pact, that is, a promise or agreement made without any consideration on the other side, which is therefore not enforceabl

Lat. A naked pact; a bare agrcement; a promise or undertaking made without any consideration for it Justice v. Lang, 42 N. Y. 493, 1 Am. Rep. 576; Warded v. Williams, 62 Mich. 50,

A naked contract is where there is no consideration except the agreement; but, where there ls a consideration, it becomes an obligation and gives a right of action. Plowd. 309; Bro

Nudum pactum is that upon which no action arises. Cod. 2, 3, 10; Id. 5, 14, 1; Broom, Max. 676.

(New Compilation.) The title of a code of Spanish law, promulgated in the year 1567, Schm. Civll Law, Introd. 79-81.

Futile; ineffectual; invalid; destitute of constraining force or vitality. A legislative act may be "nugatory" because unconstitutional.

Anything that unlawfully worketh hurt, inconvenience or damage. 3 BL Comm. 216. That class of wrongs that arise from the unreasonable, unwarrantable, or unlawful use by a person of

One which constitutes a nuisance at all times and under ali circumstances, irrespective of locality or surroundings, as, things prejudicial to public morals or dangerous to life or

No; none. A law French negative particle, commencing many phrases. —Nul agard. No award. The name of a plea in an action on an arbitration bond, by which the defendant traverses th

No award. The name of a plea in an action on an arbitration bond, by which the defendant traverses the making of any legal award.

Co. Litt. 266. No grant, no sale, no gift, ls valid forever, unless the donor, at the time of the contract, is seised of two rights, namely, the right of possession, and the right

Naught; of no validity or effect Usually coupled with the word "void;" as "null and void." Forrester v. Boston, etc., Min. Co., 29 Mont. 397, 74 Pac. 1088; Hume v. Eagon, 73 Mo. Ap

Lat. No goods. The name of the return made by the sheriff to a writ of execution, when he has not found any goods of the defendant within his jurisdiction on which he could levy. W

8 Coke, 60. No court which has not a record can impose a fine or commit any person to prison ; because those powers belong only to courts of record.

There can be no sale without a price. Brown v. Bellows, 4 Pick. (Mass.) 189.

No things that are impossible or dishonorable are to be presumed; but things that are true and honorable and possible. Co.. Litt. 78b.

By no agreement can it be effected that a fraud shall as practiced. Fraud will not be upheld, though it may seem to be authorized by express agreement. 5 Maule & S. 466; Broom, Max

Co. Litt. 394. Without modesty, no virtue, no knowledge, can preserve its place and dignity.

No land without a lord. A maxim of feudal law. Guyot, Inst Feod. c. 28.

No one can have a servitude over his own property. Dig. 8, 2, 26; 2 Bouv. Inst, no. 1600; Grant v. Chase,' 17 Mass. 448, 9 Am. Dec. 161.

Nothing; no proceeding; an act or proceeding in a cause which the opposite party may treat as though it had not taken place or which has absolutely no legal force or effect. Salter

The entire invalidity of a supposed, pretended, or attempted marriage, by reason of relationship or incapacity of the parties or other diriment impediments. An action seeking a dec

Lat. The sen of nobody ; a bastard.

The authority Of no man ought to prevail with us, so far as to prevent our following better [opinions] if any one should present them. Co.. Litt. 383b.

Lat. Among the property of no person.

Lat. In old English law. Of no legal force. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 60, § 24.

L. Lat. No award. The name of a plea in an action on an arbitration band, for not fulfilling the award, by which the defendant traverses the allegation that there was an award made

No crime is greater than disobedience. Jenk. Cent p. 77, case 48. Applied to the refusal of an officer to return a writ.

No example is the same for all purposes. Co. Litt. 212a. No one precedent is adapted to all cases. A maxim in conveyancing.

L. Lat. In pleading. The name of a pica to an action of debt upon an obligation for the performance of an award, by which the defendant denies that he submitted to arbitration, etc

7 Coke, 71. No iniquity is to be presumed in law.

No marriage, no dower. Walt v. Wait, 4 Barb. (N. Y.) 192, 194.

Co. Litt. 3. No like is identical, unless it run on all fours.

No simile runs upon four feet, (or all fours, as it is otherwise expressed.) No simile holds in everything. Co. Litt. 3a; Ex parte Foster, 2 Story, 143, Fed. Cas. No. 4960.

In English law. A name given to the statute 3 Geo. III. c. 16, because that act, in contravention of the maxim "Nullum tempus occurrit regi," (no lapse of time bars the king,) limi

No time or place affects the king. 2 Inst. 273; Jenk. Cont. 83; Broom, Max. 65.

No time runs [time does not rim] against the commonwealth or state. Levasser v. Washburn, 11 Grat. (Va.) 572.

Co. Litt. 134. No other than the king can command the bishop to make an inquisition.

No one can obtain an advantage by hls own wrong. Co. Litt 148; Broom, Max. 279.

Where another form of action is given, no one ought to sue in the action de dolo. 7 Coke, 92.

3 Inst. 138. No one is called an "accessary" after the fact but he who knew the principal to have committed a felony, and received and comforted him.

No one is called a "principal felon" except the party actually committing the felony, or the party present aiding and abetting in its commission.

No person is understood to be a competent witness in his own cause. Dig. 22, 5, 10.

No man can forfeit another's right Fleta, llb. 1, c. 28, § 11.

No person should depart from the court of chancery without a remedy. 4 Hen. VII. 4; Branch, Princ.

No like is exactly identical unless it runs on all fours.

No one is considered to act with guile who uses his own right. Dig. 50, 17, 55; Broom, Max. 130.

No one ought to enrich himself at the expense of others.

No one shall take advantage of hls own wrong.' 2 Inst 713; Broom, Max. 290

Jenk. Cent. 323. No one shall have error or attaint unless he has sustained damage.

"No waste." 'The name of a plea in an action of waste, denying the commission of waste, and forming the general issue.

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

The price of anything in money, as denariata is the price of a thing by computation of pence, and librata of pounds.

An a ore of land. Spelman.

Lat. In the civll law. A solemn declaration, usually in prohibition of a thing; a protest

The permanent official representative of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government Webster. They are called "ordinary" or "extraordinary," according as they are sent for ge

In international law. A messenger; a minister; the pope's legate, commonly called a "nuncio."

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

Lat In the civll law. flip name; to pronounce orally or in words without writing.

To declare publicly and solemnly.

A will which depends merely upon oral evidence, having been declared or dictated by the testator in his last sickness before a sufficient number of witnesses, and afterwards reduce

Lat. In the civll and old English law. A fair. In nundinis et mercatis, in fairs and markets. Bract fol. 56.

Traffic at fairs and markets; any buying and selling.

It is not every loss that produces an injury. Bract fol. 45b.

The character of a past offense is never aggravated by a subsequent act or matter. Dig 50, 17, 139, 1; Bac. Max. p. 38, reg. 8; Broom, Max. 42.

We are never to resort to what is extraordinary, but [until] what is ordinary fails. 4 Inst. 84.

There ls no fiction without law.

Lat Never indebted. The name of a plea in an action of indebitatus assumpsit, by which the defendant alleges that he is not indebted to the plaintiff.

What is never sufficiently said ls never said too much. Co. Litt. 375.

There Is never a prescription in case of falsehood or forgery. A maxim in Scotch law. Bell.

Co. Litt. 15. Human things never prosper where divine things are neglected.

In old English practice, A messenger. One who was sent to make an excuse for a party summoned or one who explained as for a friend the reason of a party's absence. Bract fol. 345.

Lat, In practice. The name of a writ (now abolished) which, in the English law, lay for a slater co-heiress dispossessed by her coparcener of lands and tenements whereof their fath

Pertaining to marriage; constituting marriage; used or done in marriage.

Co.. Litt. 33. Not cohabitation but consent makes the marriage.

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

The act of inking care ot children, bringing them up, and educating them. Regina v. Clarke, 7 El. & BL 193.

Lat In the civll law. A son's wlfe; a daughter-in-law. Calvim

The whole natural day or day and night, consisting of twenty-four hours. Enc. Lond.

A form of mania characterized by a morbid, excessive, and uncontrollable craving for sexual intercourse. This term is applied only to women. The term for a corresponding mania in m

An external pledge or asseveration, made in verification of statements made or to be made, coupled with an appeal to a sacred or venerated object, In evidence of the serious and re