Non assumpsit

pi. assumpserunt: did not undertake; the general issue in the action of assumpsit; — infra sex annos: he did not undertake within six years; the plea of the statute of limitations in the action of assumpsit. Non auditur perire volens: he who is desirous to perish is not heard. Non cepit: he did not take; the general issue in replevin, where the action is for the wrongful taking of the property, — putting in issue not only the taking, but the place in which the taking is stated.to have been made. Non compos mentis: not in possession, or not having power of one's mind, or mental faculties; of unsound mind or memory. Non concessit: he did not grant; the name of a plea pleaded by a sti'anger to a deed. Non consentit qai errat: he who mistakes does not consent Non constat: it does not appear; it is not apparent or clear; — quid inde venit: it does not appear what became of it. Non constabat: it did not appear. Non cnlpabilis, non cnl.: not guilty; the general issue in the action of trespass. Non damniflcatus: not damnified or harmed; a plea in an action of debt on an indemnity bond, or bond conditioned to keep the plaintiff harmless. Non debet adduci exceptio ejus rei cujus petitur dissolutio: a plea of the same matter, the dissolution of which is sought [by the action], ought not to be brought forward. Non dedit: v. i Ve dona ^as. Non decipitur qui scit se decipi: he is not deceived who knows himself to be deceived. Non demisit, or dimisit: he did not demise; the name of a plea in an action of debt for rent on a parol lease, denying the demise. Non detinet: he does not detain; the name of the general issue in the action of detinue; the general issue in the action of replevin, where the ac-"* tion is for the wrongful detention only. Non dilferuut qnaj concordant re, tametsi non in verbis iisdem: those things do not differ which agree in substance, though not in the same words. Non efflcit affectus nisi sequatnr effectus: the intention amounts to nothing unless the effect follow. Non entia: things not existent es*. disputandnm contra principia negantem: there is no arguing with one who denies principles. Non est factum: is not his deed; the name of the general issue in debt on bond. Non est inventus: is not found; the name of the return made by a sheriff to a writ of capias; — in baljiva mea: not found in my bailiwick; — in balliva sua: not found in his bailiwick. Non facias malum, ut inde flat bonum: you are not to do evil that good may be or result therefrom. Non fecit: he did not make it; a plea to an action on a promissory note, etc. Non liabuit ingressum nisi per, etc.: he had no entry except through, etc. Non impedit clausula derogatoria, quo minus ab eadem potestate res dissolvantur a qnibus [qua] con- Stituuntur: a derogatory clause [that is, a clause disabling a person to do some future act] does not prevent things or acts from being dissolved by the same power by which the}' were originally made or done. Non impedirit: he did not hinder or disturb; the general issue in quare impedit Non in legendo sed in intelligendo leges consistunt: the laws consist not in being read, but in being understood. Non infregit conventionem: he did not break the covenant; the name of a plea sometimes pleaded in the action of covenant, and intended as a general issue, but a bad plea, as there is no general issue in that action. Non interfui: I was not present. Non jus, sed seisina facit stipitem: not right, but seisin makes a stock. Non licet quod dispendio licet: that which may be [done only] at a loss is not allowed [to be done]. Non memini: I do not remember.