A Law Dictionary and Glossary

I. I. In old English law. To murder; to conceal or stifle. Murdra Tit: murdered, — a necessary word in old indictments for murder.

I. fr. Murder; a fine so called.

II In old Scots law. Murther or murder.

I. Those things changed which ought to be changed; making the necessary changes. Mntato nomine de te tabula narratur, I. The story is told of you under a diflferent name.

Speechless; dumb; that cannot or will not speak. A prisoner is said to stand mute, when, being arraigned, he either makes no answer, or answers foreign to the purpose, or with matt

Resistance, by soldiers or seamen, of their ofl Bcers, or their authority.

Proceeding from both sides; recipr jcal; interchanged. Mutual credits: credits which must, from their nature, terminate in debts. Mutual promises: promises simultaneously made by a

Reciprocation; interchange; an acting by both of two parties; an acting in return. Mutuality of contract: obligation upon each party to do or to permit something in consideration o

I. In civil and old English law. Dumb; mute; a dumb person. Mutus et surdns: dumb and deaf.

I. In the civil law. A loan for consumption; a loan of consumable goods, called res fungibiles, to be consumed, and returned in kind. My,lfr. Half; middla

I. fr. Put; sent; put in or inserted. Mys a lonr penannce: put to their penance. Mys en ferges: put in irons. Mys en la gaole: put in the gaol.

A trade or occupation. N. An abbreviation of Novellce, the Novels of Justinian; used in citing them.

naidgayers, naidgaris, I. fr. Lately; not long since; sometimes.

I. fr. A villein; a born slave.

I. fr., Naivitas, I. I, Villeinage; the state of a person born a

I I In old English law. To take; to distrain; to take a distress.

I. I. In old English and Scots law. A distraining, or taking of a distress; an impounding.

Ifi:, Namiuin, I. I. In old English law. A taking; a distress; a thing or chattel distrained. Name si est nn general nosme a arers et a cliateux, et a touts auters choses moebles q

uuncius, I. In old English law. 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; an ofl S

/. I. In old English law. To relate or narrate; to state a plaintiff's case; to count; to declare. Narraudo: counting.

In Scots law. That part of a deed which describes the parties, and states the consideration.

I. I. In old English law. A countor; an advocate or pleader.

I In the civil law. An unborn child; a child to be born, or about to be born.

I. fr., Nasci, I. To be born. Natl et nasciturl: born and to be born, — an expression including all heirs, near and remote.

A bank organized under thje National Bank Act of June 3, 1864, for the purpose of carrying on the business of banking.

A natural-born subject In American law. A person born within the jurisdiction of the United States. Native citizen: a person born in the United States since the declaration of inde

I. I. In old English law. Vassals or feudal tenants, — so called, even before feuds became hereditary.

I. I. In old English law. Villeinage; that state in which men were born slaves.

I. I. In old English law. A born slave; a villein born; a villein,

nativa, I. I. In old English law. A neife, or female villein.

I. Nature. Natura appetit perfectum; ita et lex: nature covets perfection; so does law also. Natura brevinm: the nature of writs; a collection of original writs with brief comments

An illegitimate child; a child born out of lawful wedlock. Natural day: the period of time which begins at sunrise and frnits: fruits of land or other thing, produced solely by the

The act of investing an alien with the rights and privileges of a natural-born subject or citizen.

In old English law. Bad; defective.

gr.-l. In the civil law. Freight; a sum paid for carrying goods or passengers over sea in a ship.

That may be navigated or passed over in ships or vessels; that may be used for navigation. Navigable river: at common law a river in which the tide ebbs and flows, so far as it ebb

The science, act or business of conducting vessels over water; commerce or intercourse by means of shipping. In English law. Navigation act: the statute of 13 Car. II., c 18, forbi

I. A good ship; a ship staunch and strong, well caulked, and stiffened to bear the sea, obedient to her helm, swift, and not unduly affected by the wind. Ne, fr. Not Ne unqnes: nev

Things furnished to an infant or to a wife, such as are things furnished for a vessel, part of a natural and reasonable outfit, or suitable to the business in which she is engaged.

Indispensably requisite; in a sense less strict, needful, requisite, incidental, useful or conducive to. Necessary domicil: that kind of domicil which exists by operation of law, a

Necessity; a force, power or influence which compels one to act against his will. Necessitas culpabilis: culpable or blamable necessity, — that kind of necessity which excuses a ma

The influence or operation of supei-ior power or irresistible force; the influence of a cause which cannot be avoided nor controlled; constraint upon the will, by which. one is urg

The cant name of the verse given to an accused person to read upon prayer of clergy.

neque, I. Nor; neither.

ne, I. fr. Born. Nee vife: born alive.

I That which is against right, or the divine law; a wicked or impious thing or act

I. In the Roman law. Profane, non-juridical, — applied to days on which it was unlawful to administer justice.

I. To deny. Negatum: denied.

negatyf, /. /)•. A negative or denial; a contrary or opposite allegation.

I. In the civil and old English law. A negation, or denial; a negativa Negatio conclusionis est error in lege: the denial of a conclusion is error in law. Negatio destruit uegation

A denial; a form or expression of denial; a proposition by which something is denied. Negative pregnant: a negative imply-

Tlie omission of care or diligence; the omission of that, degree of care which a man of common prudence takes in his own concerns. Negligence is distinguished, though the distincti

An escape from an officer's custody without his consent

I In the civil law. Negligence, want or omission of care or attention; inattention. Negligentia semper habet infortunium comitem: a negligence always has misfortune for a companion

Transferable quality; that quality of bills of exchange and promissory notes which renders them transferable from one person to another.

Transferable or assignable; transferable by indorsement A term applied to bills of exchange, promissory notes, and checks. Negotiable instrument: an instrument the right of action

To pass from one to another in the way of business.

I. In the civil law. A doing of business or businesses; a species of voluntary agency, or an interference by one in the afifairs of another, in his absence, from benevolence or fri

I. A thing; a matter, business or affair; any thing that may occupy a person. In the civil law. A suit; a contract; matters or affairs.

In old English law. The condition of a neife.

teut In Swedish and Oothic laio. A jury. N6mo, I No ona Nemo adralttendus est inhabilitare seipsum: no man is to be admitted to incapacitate himself; no man shall be received to av

nemi, I. fr. Not Nemy come lieire: not as heir.

plea of. The common traverse or general issue in ac-^ tions of debt on simple contract, substituted for the plea of nil debet.

That quantity or amount of a commodity or thing which remains after the deduction of all tare, charges or outlay.

On neither side; taking neither side; belonging to neither side; indifferent between contending parties.

A state of being neutral.

A restatement of the cause of action alleged in the declaration, in order precisely to meet the plea which is evasive, or applies to a matter different from that which the plaintif

A paper or publication conveying news or intelligence; a printed publication, issued in numbers at stated intervals, conveying intelligence of passing events, and intended for gene

I. In the Soman law. Bound; bound persons. A term applied to such insolvent debtors as were delivered up to their creditors to be

Nearest Next friend: a person, usually whom an infant sues at law or in equity. Next blood. A term commonly applied, in the law of est blood relatives of a deceased person.

nief, I. fr. v. Neife.

?. fr. In old English law. Not; nothing. included. Nient contristeant, nient obstant: Nient culpable: not guilty; the name for the dedire: to deny nothing; to suffer judgment by gi

In a general sense, that portion of the with the solar day makes up what is called, sense, a day; in the common law of burglary, time during which it is so dark from the absence th

nichil, nil, I. Nothing; the general name returns upon process, v. Nil. Nihil dictum prius: nothing is said which was not said before, where former arguments were repeated. Nihil c

of nihil, I. Nothing. Nil capiat, or quod nil capiat per breve: that he take nothing by his writ: a name given to the judgment for the defendant in an action where the issue has ar

2. Unless; if not. Nisi prius: unless before, unless sooner, — a term of great antiquity applied to trials of fact by jury and before a single judge, to the court of a judge on cir

nnly, nnllni, I fr. None; no one.

nnntiatio, I In the civil laui. A solemn declaration, usually in prohibition of a thing; a protest

A will orally made or declared before witnesses, and afterwards reduced to writing; a will not made in writing; an unwritten will. Such wills are in some places abolished and are n

I. In civil and old English law. A fair; fairs.

I. In Scots law. Noble office or privilege. Nocent. Guilty.

I. To hurt or damage; to offend or annoy.

I. In old English law. Hurtful; pernicious; noxious.

I. I. In English law. Nights of farm or rent; enter- • tainments at night by way of rent

I. In old English law. A nuisance. Nocumentnm damnosnm: a nuisance occasioning loss or damaga Nocumentnm injnriosum: an injurious nuisance.

I. Willing or not

I. To be unwilling; to will not to do a thing; to refuse to do a thing. Nolle prosequi, ab. nol. pros.: will not prosecute; the name of an entry made by a plaintiff, where he wishe

I. I do not wish to contend; the name of a plea in a criminal case.

pi. nomina, I A name. Nomen collectivum: a collective name or term; a term expressive of a class, of the plural as well as the singular number; a term descriptive of person or inte

Existing in name merely; apparent, not real or substantial. Nominal damages: a trivial sum awarded where there is no substantial loss, but a mere technical breach of duty or violat

I. To name; to nominate; to appoint

In the civil law. Contracts having a proper or peculiar name and form, which were divided into four kinds, expressive of the ways in which they were formed: real, which arose, ex r

I In the civil law. By name, or other special designation; expressly; each in turn.

I. In the name. Nomine damni: in the name of damage or by way of damages. Nomine p«ena): in the name of a penalty; a In the civil law. Nomine poense: in the Dame of a penalty. Appl

gr.-l. A lawgiver; such as Solon and Lycurgus among the

/. Not; the common particle of negation, whether taken as a prefix or as a single word. Non acceptavit: he did not accept. Non accipi debent verba in demonstrationem falsaiu, qui»

Wanf of ability to do an act in law, as to sue; a plea founded upon such cause.

Non-existence of sexual intercourse.

Want of age; infancy; minority.

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