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Non observata forma

A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

infertnr adnu Uatio actus: where form is not observed, an annulling of the act is inferred, or follows. Non obstante veredicto: notwithstanding the verdict; the name of a judgment entered, by order of the court, for the plaintiff in an action at law, notwithstanding a verdict for the defendant, always upon the merits, and never but in a very clear case, as where it is apparent from the plea that the defense is without merits. Non omne damnum indncit injariam: it is not every loss that produces an injury. Non potest: cannot; — adduci exceptio ejus [dem] rei cujus petitur dissolutio: a plea of the same matter, the dissolution of which is sought [by the action], cannot be brought forward; — probari quod probatum non relevat: that cannot be proved which would not be relevant if proved; — quis sine brevi agere: no one can sue without a writ. Non prsestat impedimentum quod de jure non sortitur effectum: a thing or act which has not its effect by law [or no effect in law] -offers no impediment [or amounts to no bar].