Nomotheta

A lawgiver; such as Solon and Lycurgus among the Greeks, and Caesar, Pompey, and Sylla among the Romans.,Calv. Lex. NON (Lat.) Not; no. NON ACCEPTAVIT (Lat. he did not accept). In pleading. The name of a plea to an action of assumpsit brought against the drawee of a bill of exchange upon a sup- NON ACCIPI DEBENT VERBA IN DEMonstratlonem falsam, quae competunt In limitation em veram. Words ought not to be accepted to import a false description, which may have effect by way of true limitation. Bac. Max. reg.

13; 2 Pars. Cont, 62-65; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 573; 3 Barn. & Adol. 459; 4 Exch. 604; 3 Taunt. 147.