Law Dictionary

The term “North Koreans” means persons who are citizens or nationals of North Korea.

The term "North Pacific Fisheries Convention" means the Convention on the Conservation and Management of the High Seas Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific Ocean (inc

“North Pacific Ocean” means the waters of the Pacific Ocean north of the thirtieth parallel of north latitude, including the Bering, Okhotsk, and Japan Seas.

The term “northwestern private timber open market area” means the State of Washington.

A name formerly applied to the territory northwest of the Ohio river. See Ohio.

The most northerly country of Europe. It is a limited hereditary monarchy. The executive power is vested in a king and a ministry, and the legislative in a Storthing consisting of

A valuation of ecclesiastical benefices, made through every diocese in England, on occasion of Pope Innocent IV. granting to King Henry III. the tenth of all spirituals for three y

Noysaunee. L. Fr. (from noier, or nuire, to hurt). A nuisance; an act done by one to the injury of another's freehold; an act by which a person is prevented from enjoying his tenem

by the application of the principle noscitur a sociis ... the general words 'all personal property whatsoever' were intended to include chattels other than the specified tools and

It is known from its associates. 1 Vent. 225. The meaning of a word is or may be known from the accompanying words. 3 Term R. 87; Broom, Max. 588.

QUI NON COGnoscitur ex se. He who cannot be known from himself may be known from his associate. P. Moore, 817; 1 Vent. 225; 3 Term R. 87; 9 East, 267; 13 East, 531; 6 Taunt. 294; 1

One is known from his companion, who may not be known from himself.

Moore, 817. He who cannot be known from himself may be known from his associate.

It is known. Noscitur a sociis. It is known from its associates or associations. A word or a par- 1 8 Bl. Com. 376. "See Pratt v. Hull, 13 Johns. 334 (1816); Eunyon v. Central E. C

In civil law. Persons who have the management and care of hospitals for paupers. Clef Lois Rom. mot "Admin-, istrateurs,"

time outside working hours, whether before or after work, or during luncheon or rest periods, is an employee's time to use as he wishes without unreasonable restraint, although the

a decision of a court construing a statute, but that question was both presented and decided in Commercial Bank v. Buckingham, 5 How.

Lat. With or by the advice of our council. A phrase used in the old writs of summons to parliament. Crabb, Eng. Law, 240.

A 'no-strike' clause prohibits the employees from striking during the life of the contract. It regulates the relations between the employer and the employees.

a no-strike obligation, express or implied, is the quid pro quo for an undertaking by the employer to submit grievance disputes to the process of arbitration

I. Om-s; our own. v. Id quod, etc.

A note; a memorandum.

In civi) and old European law. Short-hand characters or mirks of contraction, in which the emperors’ secretaries took down what they dictated. Spelman; Calvin.

' Anciently, a scribe who took notes or minutes, and made short drafts of ■writings and instruments, both public and private.^ Notary pub Ue. An officer who publicly attests- deeds

In civll and old European law. Short-band characters or marks of contraction, in which the emperors' secretaries took down what they dictated. Spelman; Cal vim

?" is "It depends": The meaning of the phrase turns on its context; See "Johnson "v.

To mark or brand as a punishment for crime.

Pertaining to a notary.

It is not disputed, that by the general custom of merchants in the United States, bills of exchange drawn in one state on another state, are, if dishonoured, protested by a notary;

A will executed by the testator in the presence of a Notary Public and two witnesses.

In Civil Law. One who took notes or draughts in shorehand of what was said by another, or of proceedings in the senate or in a court. One who draughted written instruments, wills,

or NOTARY PUBLIC. An officer appointed by the executive or other appointing power, under the laws of different states, having power generally to attest writings for the purpose of

A notary is a competent witness on the same ground that other agents are admissible. They are always responsible to their principals for gross negligence, and yet, from the necessi

An officer who attests deeds or writings to make them authentic. See 7 Port. (Ala.) 529, 31 Am. Dec. 722; 107 Iowa, 543, 70 Am. St. Rep. 216, 44 L. R. A. 133, 78 N. W. 195.

In English probate practice, notation is the act of making a memorandum of some special circumstance on a probate or letters of administration. Thus, where a grant is made for the

or NOCHELL. “Crying the wife’s NoteheH’’ seems to have been a means of preventing her running up debts against her husband. See 20 Law Mag. & Rev. 280. In use in Lancashire. Cent.

In this subsection, the term “not consistent with the CT equipment standard” means, with respect to an applicable computed tomography service, that the service was furnished using

token of a debt, paper given in confession of a debt, and may well be used as a noun collective (nomen collectivum) to signify a debt upon one consideration divided into two parts,

V. To make a brief written statement; to enter a memorandum, a3 to note an exception.

See Noting a Bill.

That a note, without a special contract, would not, of itself, discharge the original cause of action, is not denied. But it is insisted that if, by express agreement, the note is

The note dollar was a promise to pay a coined dollar; but it was not a promise to pay on demand nor at any fixed time, nor was it, in fact, convertible into a coined dollar.

The exemption 'when not engaged in business' ordinarily would seem pretty nearly equivalent to when not pursuing the ends for which the corporation was organized, in the cases wher

The fourth step of the proceedings in acknowledging a fine, which is only an abstract of the writ of covenant and the concord, naming the parties, the parcel of land, and the agree

This was a note delivered by a master to a party to a cause, who alleged that there was error in law in the record and proceedings, allowing him to bring error. See Com. Law Prac.

A popular name for a promissory note.

A note or minute of the protest, made by the notary, at time of protest on the bill, to be completed or filled out at his leisure. Byles, Bills (5th Ed.) 9.

No form of language used in a writing is necessary in order to comply with the Statute of Frauds, requiring some "note or memorandum" as evidence of a contract not in writing, prov

To maintain an action against the drawer of a note or bill payable at a particular place, it is not necessary to aver in the declaration that the note, when due, was presented at t

in actions on promissory notes against the maker, or on bills of exchange, where the suit is against the maker in the one case, and acceptor in the other, and the note or bill made

See Judge^s Notes.

to qualify for preferred treatment under that section, a redemption must result in a meaningful reduction of the shareholder's proportionate interest in the corporation

Words indorsed on a bill of indictment by a grand jury, when they have not sufficient evidence to find a true bill. See "Ignoramus."

In Pleading. The general issue in several sorts of actions of tort. In Criminal Law. The general traverse of the accusation by the accuse'd..

In English practice. A plea of the general issue by a defendant in a civll action, when he intends to give special matter in evidence by virtue of some act or acts of parliament, i

The statute of frauds requires a “note or memorandum” of the particular transaction to be made in writing and signed, ete. By this is generally understood an informa! minute or mem

A bastard.

a notice to the debtor of his obligation and that the rule does not then further require a notice of an intent to execute, once notification of the judgment is properly given.

AVERMENT OF. The statement in a pleading that notice lias been given. When the matter alleged in the pleading is to he considered as lying more properly in the knowledge of the pla

due process requires that when a State seeks to terminate an interest such as that here involved, it must afford 'notice and opportunity for hearing appropriate to the nature of th

In pleading. The allegation in a pleading that notice has been given.

Notice by publication is a poor and sometimes a hopeless substitute for actual service of notice. Its justification is difficult at best. But when the names, interests and addresse

If a party to a contract who is entitled to the benefit of a condition, upon the performance of which his responsibility is to arise, dispense with, or by any act of his own preven

In lieu of personally serving a writ of summons (or other legal process,) in English practice, the court occasionally allows the plaintiff (or other party) to give notice in lieu o

the term "notice leave" means leave— (A) without loss of or reduction in— (i) pay; (ii) leave to which an employee is otherwise entitled under law; or (iii) credit for ti

For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “notice materials” means the notice of status filed under section 527(i) and any papers submitted in support of such notice and any letter o

A party giving a letter of guarantee, has a right to know, whether it is accepted, and whether the person to whom it is addressed, means to give credit on the footing of it, or not

upon a letter of guaranty addressed to a particular person, or to persons generally, for a future credit to be given to the party in whose favour the guaranty is drawn, notice is n

When it is intended to sue certnin particular individuals, as in the case of actions against justices of the peace, it is necessaiy in some jurisdictions to give them notice of the

A notice by defendant to plaintiff that he appears in the action, or by an attorney that he appears for defendant. See "Appearance."

The rule seems to require notice in the form of an express announcement by the officers of their purpose for demanding admission.

To exclude the passer's right so as to make him in fault, and to prevent his recovery for an injury sustained by leaving the place in a bad condition, notice must have been given o

The reasons for this rule are, 1st. That the party accused may know against what charge to direct his defence. 2d. That the Court may see with judicial eyes that the fact, alleged

Proof of a direct or conditional promise to pay after a bill becomes due, or of a partial payment, or of an offer of a composition, or of an acknowledgment of his liability to pay

by the general law merchant, notice of non-payment given to the drawer on the last day of grace, after a demand upon the acceptor on the same day, (and Saturday, in this case, was

The general rule is, that the party whose duty it is to give notice in such cases, is bound to use due diligence in communicating such notice. But it is not required of him to see

the United States had no right to recover on account of the neglect in giving due notice after the return of the bills... there was negligence either at Washington or New-York, as

Under an ex emption act which requires an execution, the debtor desiring to avail himself of its benefits should make a schedule of all his personal property within ten days after

notice of facts tending to put a cautious buyer upon inquiry will not defeat the title of a holder of negotiable paper, if in truth, there was neither actual knowledge of an infirm

The plaintiff must give a written notice of executing a writ of inquiry to the defendant or his solicitor; 2 Chit. Arch. Prac.; Wharton.

A written notice of the entry of judgment required in some states to be given to the judgment debtor to start the running of time to appeal.

The term “notice of license” means a notice from a digital music provider provided under subsection (d)(2)(A) for purposes of obtaining a blanket license.

See "Lis Pendens."

a notice of motion, if process at all, is not process issuing from a court, and assuredly is not a writ. Only writs or processes so issuing are governed by the statute.

The term “notice of nonblanket activity” means a notice from a significant nonblanket licensee provided under subsection (d)(6)(A) for purposes of notifying the mechanical licensin

Instruction, ex vi termini, is individual. Instruction to A., independent of legal privity or identification, is not instruction to B. Not so with laws: their power floats on the a

In giving the action of debt to the holder of a bill of exchange, and in giving it the dignity of a specialty, the legislature has not altered the character of the paper in other r

The law has prescribed no particular form for a notice of this description. It is sufficient if, upon the whole matter, it appears calculated reasonably to apprize the public of th

A notice by one party to his adversary that he will bring the cause on for trial at the next term of court.

the term "notice period" means a period beginning on the date on which an employee is provided notice required under law of a proposed adverse action against the employee

The Federal Rules require only 'a short and plain statement of the claim' that will give the defendant fair notice of what the plaintiff's claim is and the grounds upon which it re

It is certainly true, as a general rule, as above stated, that a purchaser of a chose in action, or of an equitable title, must abide by the case of the person from whom he buys, a

When the party to be affected by the notice, resides in a different place from the holder, the notice may be sent by the mail to the post-office nearest to the party entitled to su

In the practice of the English high court, either party to an action may call on the other party by notice to admit the existence and execution of any document, in order to save th

Notice to an agent is notice to his principal. If it were held otherwise, it would cause great inconvenience; and notice would be avoided in every case, by employing agents.

a party giving a letter of guarantee has a right to know whether it is accepted; and whether the person to whom it is addressed means to give credit on the footing of it or not. It

when a promissory note is dishonoured by the drawer, the indorser becomes immediately liable; and the holder is entitled to recover the amount from him, unless he is discharged by

Written notice to defendant, requiring him to plead within of a plea. 1 Chit. Archb. Prac. (Prent. Ed.) 221. Notice to plead, indorsed on the declaration, or delivered separately,

The notice is merely a preliminary proceeding, to enable the party to bring before the court the motion for the order to produce; and when that motion is made, the party called on

In practice. When it is intended to give secondary evidence of a -written instrument or paper which is in the possession, of the opposite party, it is in general, requisite to give