Law Dictionary

Antiquity did nothing without a good reason. Co.. Litt 65.

Antiquity did nothing without a prudent reason.

Nothing should be rashly changed.' N. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 163. NIMIA CERTITUDO CERTITUDINEM IPsam destruit. Too great certainty destroys certainty itself. Lofft, 244. NIMIA SUBTILITAS

Too great certainty destroys certainty itself.

Too great subtlety is disapproved in law.

Too great subtlety is disapproved in law, and such subtlety confuses certainty with certainty.

VERITAS amittitur. By too much altercation, truth is lost. Hob. 344.

Truth is lost in too much altercation.

A thief; a pilferer. NISI (Lat. unless). A word frequently affixed to the words "order," "rule," etc., to indicate that such order or rule is conditional, being operative unless th

The term “NIOC” means the National Iranian Oil Company.

Unless; if not.

Unless you should do it.

Unless before; a jury trial of issues of fact before a single judge; the court held by a judge on his circuit. See 3 BL Comm. 58.

In practice. A clause entered on the record in an action at law, authorizing the trial of the cause at nisi prius in the particular county designated. It was first used by way of c

In practice. The transcript of a case made from the record of the superior court in which the action is commenced, for use in the nisi prius court. It includes a history of all the

Assize, Nisi Prius), and Terminer, succeeded the eyre. These Assizes are the jury cases by a jury of the county; formerly in the vacations after county except Middlesex; 1;wo appoi

The old name of the writ of venire, which originally, in pursuance of the statute of Westminster II., contained the nisi prius clause. Reg. Jud. 28, 75; Cowell. The clause, however

The term “NIST” means the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Or, as otherwise stated, insanity is such a sinte of mental derangement that the subject is incompetent of having a criminal intent, or incapable of so controlling his will as to a

The term “NITC” means the National Iranian Tanker Company.

Scotch law. Before a witness can be examined inchief, he may be examined with regard to his. disposition, whether he bear good or ill will towards either ofthe parties; whether he

The term “nitrogen stabilizer” means any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing or hindering the process of nitrification, denitrification, ammonia volatilizati

Persons who dwell together as a family.* Household goods. Articles of a permanent nature, not consumed in their enjoyment, that are used, purchased or otherwise acquired by a perso

In old English law. Welshmen, because they live near high mountains covered with snow. Du Cange.

A decoy letter; a letter addressed to a fictitious person or postoffice. See 35 Fed. (U. S.) 407.

Non liquet, which see.

Definition.—The terms "NLGCA Institution" and "non-land-grant college of agriculture" mean a public college or university offering a baccalaureate or higher deg

In old European law, To federate; to join in a league, (i ligam é.) Spelman.

The federal regulatory scheme (1) protects some activities, though not violence ... (2) prohibits some practices, and (3) leaves others to be controlled by the free play of economi

the power to command affirmative action is remedial, not punitive, and is to be exercised in aid of the Board's authority to restrain violations and as a means of removing or avoid

the power of the Board 'to command affirmative action is remedial, not punitive, and is to be exercised in aid of the Board's authority to restrain violations and as a means of rem

the term “National Methamphetamine Information Clearinghouse” or “NMIC” means the information clearinghouse established under section 2012(a) of this title ; and

In Englishlaw. The tifleof the third of the three kings-at-arms, or provincial heralds.

In pleading. No disseisin. A plea of the general issue in a real action, by which the defendant denies that there was any disseisin.

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

No such corporation [exists.] The form of a plea denying the existence of an alleged corporation.

See Nul.

In pleading. A plea of the general issue to a real action, by which the defendant denies that he committed any wrong.

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.

“NOAA” means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration within the Department of Commerce. / The term “NOAA” means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

“NOAA fleet” means the fleet of research vessels owned or operated by NOAA.

The term "NOAA line offices" means the following offices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: (A) The National Ocean Service. (B) The National Environm

The term “no-added formaldehyde-based resin” means a resin formulated with no added formaldehyde as part of the resin cross-linking structure in a composite wood product that meets

For purposes of this section, the term “no-additional-cost service” means any service provided by an employer to an employee for use by such employee if— (1) such service is offere

The name of a plea to an action or award. 2 Ala. 520; 1 N. Chip. (Vt.) 131; 3 Johns. (N. Y.) 367.

In Scotch law. An equitable power of the court of sessions, by which it is able, to a certain extent, to give relief when none is possible at law. Stair, Inst. bk. 4, tit. 3, § 1;

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

The nobles are more often punished in money.

The nobles are more often punished in money, the common people, corporally.

2 Inst. 595. The gentry are those who are able to produce armorial bearings derived by descent from their own ancestors.

The nobles are those who can produce the family arms of their ancestors.

In cases of doubt, the more generous and more benign presumptions are to be preferred. A civll-law maxim.

The more noble and charitable presumptions are to be preferred in doubtful cases.

2 Inst 583. There are two sorts of nobility, the higher and the lower.

SUPERIOR et inferior. There are two sorts of nobility,— ^the higher and the lower. 2 Inst. 583.

Nobility is twofold, superior and inferior.

A division of the civil state, comprising persons exalted to some title or dignity. It is the opposite of "commonalty," and in England includes dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts,

Words frequently indorsed on a bill of indictment by the grand jury when they have not sufficient cause for finding a true bill. They are equivalent to "Not found," or "Ignoramus"

Guilty.

To harm; to damage.

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

There being no common law of copyright in this country, whatever rights are possessed by the proprietor of the copyright must be derived from some grant thereof, in some act of con

There is no constitutional right to be arrested. The police are not required to guess at their peril the precise moment at which they have probable cause to arrest a suspect, riski

By night. An abolished writ which issued out of chancery, and returned to the queen's bench, for the prostration of inclosures, etc. NOCTES and NOCTEM DE FIRMA. Entertainment of me

Entertainment of meat and drink for so many nights. Domesday.

In Domesday book understood of entertainment of meat and drink for so many nights. Toml. Law Diet. See Night. NOCUMENTUM (Lat harm, nuisance). In Old English Law. A thing done wher

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

A nuisance; damage.

the case of a. trustee neglecting to sue', though he might by suing earlier have recovered a trust fund — in that case he is made liable for want of due diligence in his trust.

This is a possessory action, and the plaintiff, to entitle himself to recover, must have the right of possession; and whatever takes away this right of possession, will deprive him

Noerr shields from the Sherman Act a concerted effort to influence public officials regardless of intent of purpose. Joint efforts to influence public officials do not violate the

The proposition for which that case stands is simple and clear. It has nothing to do with concepts relating to the weight or sufficiency of the evidence in any particular case. It

there is no necessity for placing the decision on this ground, since, notwithstanding the resolution of the board is expressed in the present tense, a future operation must necessa

So long as no deception is practised, so long as the goods are truly invoiced and freely and honestly exposed to the officers of customs for their examination, no fraud is committe

See Fund.

not only the "Indian *224 lands" exception, but one for security interests and water rights, as well as a statute of limitations, a bar on jury trials, jurisdictional and venue con

This is the English equivalent of the Latin term "nulla bona," being the form of the return made by a sheriff or constable, charged with an execution, when he has found no property

a person who had been successful at law has been allowed to file a bill for an account of rents and profits during' the tortious possession held against him; or in which the comple

For purposes of this section, the term “noise control requirement” means paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of section 4909(a) of this title , or a standard, rule, or regulation

There can be no civil right where there can be no legal remedy; and there can be no legal remedy for that which is itself illegal... no court of justice can in its nature be made t

Willing or not willing.

Fr. In French law. Freight. The same with "fret." Ord. Mar. llv. 3, tit. 3.

In French Law. Affreightment. Ord. Mar. liv. 3, t. 1.

To be unwilling.

declaring 'that he will not, at that time, prosecute the suit further. Its effect is to put the defendant without day, that is, he is discharged and permitted to go whithersoever h

A nolle prosequi entered with the consent—implied in the order—required to reinstate the prosecution at a future date, so that 'the solicitor (without further order) may have the c

The term “no-load mode” means the mode of operation when an external power supply is connected to the main electricity supply and the output is not connected to a load.

Like the implied confession, this plea does not create an estoppel; but, like the plea of guilty, it is an admission of guilt for the purposes of the case.

See Nolle Prosequi. NOLENS VOLENS (Lat.). Whether willing or unwilling.

There may have been so few sales of similar property that we cannot predict with any assurance that the prices paid would have been repeated in the sale we postulate of the propert

A name.

A collective name.

A name is, as it were, the note of a thing. 11 Coke, 20. NOMEN GENERALE (Lat.) A general name; the name of a genus. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 19, § 1. NOMEN GENERALISSIMUM (Lat.) A most un

A general name.

A most general name.

A name of the law; a legal name or designation; a technical legal term. 2 Swinton, 429. NOMEN NON SUFFICIT SI RES NON sit de jure aut de facto. A name does not supce if the thing d

A name is not sufficient if there be not a thing [or subject for it] 4e jure or de Jacto. 4 Coke, 107b.

A name is not sufficient if the thing does not exist either in law or in fact.