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A writ which lay for a lord whose villein had run away, commanding the sheriff to apprehend the villein, and restore him to the lord.

A born villein.

Bom and to be born in the future.

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

The term "NATO" means the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. / the term “NATO” means the North Atlantic Treaty Organization;

For purposes of this section, the term “NATO ally” means a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (other than the United States).

the term “NATO/CFE country” means a member country of NATO that is a party to the CFE Treaty and is listed in paragraph 1(A) of article II of the CFE Treaty within the group of Sta

The term "NATO Innovation Fund" means the multi-sovereign, investment venture capital fund of NATO that provides secure investment in dual-use, high-impact technology.

The term “NATO organization” means any North Atlantic Treaty Organization subsidiary body referred to in section 2350(2) of this title and any other organization of the North Atlan

the term “NATO/SHAPE project” means a common-funded project supported by allocated credits from North Atlantic Treaty Organization bodies or by host nations with NATO Infrastructur

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

ITA et lex. Nature aspires to perfection, and so does the law. Hob. 144. NATURA FIDE JUSSIONIS SIT STRICTisslml Juris et non durat, vel extendatur de re ad rem, de persona ad perso

Nature seeks perfection, and so does the law.

An old collection of original writs.

The force of nature is the greatest; nature is doubly strong.

The nature of the contract of suretyship is strictissimi juris, and cannot endure nor be extended from thing to thing, from person to person or from time to time. Burge, Sur. 40.

The nature of a suretyship is one of strictest law and does not endure or suffer an extension from one thing to another, from one person to another or from one time to another.

existing in or caused by nature; not made or caused by humankind.

Disposition; nature. See Animal. NATURAL; NATURE. Are employed with little or no deviation from the vernacular meaning: as, in natural — affection or love, allegiance, birth, bound

The affection which a husband, a father, a brother, or other near relative naturally feels towards those who are so nearly allied to him sometimes supplies the place of a valuable

In English Law. That kind of allegiance which is due from all men born within the king's dominions, immediately upon their birth, which is intrinsic and perpetual, and cannot be di

the term “natural and beneficial floodplain functions” means— (A) the functions associated with the natural or relatively undisturbed floodplain that (i) moderate flooding, retain

The term “Natural Area” means the Rio Grande Natural Area established by section 460rrr–1(a) of this title .

Heirs by consanguinity as distinguished from heirs by adoption, and also as distinguished from collateral heira. Ludlum v. Otis, l5 Hun (N. Y.) 4i4; Smith v. Pendell, 19 Co.nn. H2,

Same as Native.

See Naturalization.

In English law. Such persons as are born within

It is true the course of streams of water may change by time, and their currents and volume of water may be contracted or expanded, but such calls generally contain greater certain

A boundary formed by natural objects.

The term "natural cause"— (i) means a weather, climatic, hazard, or biology-related event, such as— (I) a hurricane; (II) a flood; (III) a harmful algal bloom; (IV) a tsu

The channel of a stream as determined by the natural conformation of the country through which it flows ; that is, the bed over which the waters of the stream flow when not in any

A bastard ; a child born out of lawful wedlock. But in a statute declaring that adopted shall have nil the rights of "natural" children, the word "natural" was used in the sense of

Bastards; children born out of lawful wedlock. In Civil Law. Children by procreation, as distinguished from children by adoption. In Louisiana. Illegitimate children who have been

That space of time Included between the rising and the setting of the sun. See "Day."

The term “natural disaster” means plant disease, insect infestation, drought, fire, freeze, flood, earthquake, lightning, or other occurrence, as determined by the Secretary. / The

The same as domicile of origin or domicile by birth. Johnson v. Twenty-One Bales, 13 Fed. Cas. 863.

Natural. Many Latin maxims which are based upon common reason are sometimes quoted with the phrase naturale est — it is natural — prefixed; which may be, however, considered as not

It is natural that anything should be released in the same manner in which it is bound.

That which is founded in natural justice, in honesty and right, and which arises ex aequo et bono. It corresponds precisely with the definition of justice or natural law, which is

In Spanish law. The state of a natural-born subject. White, New Recop. bk. 1, tit. 5, c. 2. Called naturalidad.

The terms "natural feature" and "nature-based feature" have the meanings given those terms in section 2289a(a) of this title. / The terms “natural feature” and

The term “natural fiber” means any fiber that exists as such in the natural state.

Natural flow water' shall be taken as referring to all water in the stream except storage water.

An idiot; one bom without the reasoning powers, or a capacity to acquire them.

The natural production of trees, bushes, and other plants, for the use of men and animals, and for the reproduction of such trees, bushes, or plants. This expression is used in con

The term “natural gas” means either natural gas unmixed, or any mixture of natural and artificial gas. / “Natural gas” means either natural gas unmixed, or any mixture of natural a

Gas, when reduced to possession, is a commodity; it belongs to the owner of the land; and, when reduced to possession, is his individual property, subject to sale by him, and may b

natural gas after severance is a commodity which might be dealt in like other products of the earth, as coal and other minerals, and is a legitimate subject of interstate commerce;

a person (including corporation) engaged in the transportation of natural gas in interstate commerce or the sale in interstate commerce of such gas for resale.

The term "natural gas electric generation facility" means a facility that generates electric energy using natural gas as the fuel. / The term "natural gas electric g

The term “natural gas gathering line” means— (A) the pipe, equipment, and appurtenances determined to be a gathering line by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and (B) the p

The term “natural gas sold under a fixed contract” means domestic natural gas sold by the producer under a contract, in effect on February 1, 1975, and at all times thereafter befo

The term "natural hazard" means a hazard caused by natural forces, including extreme weather events, sea-level rise, and extreme drought conditions. / the term "natu

Blood relatives of their ancestor to whom his property descends.

In English law. One bom within the dominions, or rather within the allegiance, of the king of England.

A period of nonresponsible life, which ends with the seventh year.

The term “natural infrastructure” means infrastructure that uses, restores, or emulates natural ecological processes and— (A) is created through the action of natural physical, geo

the conferring of nationality of a state upon a person after birth, by any means whatsoever.

they are not for the usual purpose of vindicating an existing right but for the purpose of getting granted to an alien rights that do not yet exist. Hence not only the conditions a

To confer citizenship upon an alien; to make a foreigner the same, in respect to rights and privileges, as if he were a native citizen or subject.

One who, being born an alien, has lawfully become a citizen of the United States under the constitution and laws. He has all the rights of a natural-born citizen, except that of be

refers merely to naturalization into the citizenship of any foreign state. It does not refer to the place where the naturalization proceeding occurs

The law of nature; the divine will, or the dictate of right reason, showing the moral deformity or moral necessity there is in any act, according to its suitableness or unsuitablen

The power of acting as one thinks fit, virithout any restraint or control, unless by the law of nature. 1 Bl. Comm. 125.

The period between birth and natural death, as distinguished from civil death (g. v.)

According to the usual course of things. Mitchell v. Clarke, 71 Cal. 164, 11 Tac. 882, 60 Am. Rep. 529. NATURRECHT (German). The law of nature. See Jurisprudence. NAUCLERUS (Lat.).

the term “naturally degradable material” means a material which, when discarded, will be reduced to environmentally benign subunits under the action of normal environmental forces,

The term “Naturally Occurring Retirement Community” means a community with a concentrated population of older individuals, which may include a residential building, a housing compl

The term “natural, native state” means the condition of a lot or site, free of any improvements, at the time at which the lot or site is first authorized for recreation residence u

In ascertaining the boundaries of surveys or patents, the universal rule is this: that wherever natural or permanent objects are embraced in the calls of either, these have absolut

One which in honor and conscience binds the person who has contracted it, but which cannot be enforced in a court of justice. Poth. notes 173, 191. See "Obligation."

Such as are formed by the Deity, as distinguished from artificial persons, or corporations, formed by human laws for purposes of society and government.

That by which a man detains a thing corporeally, as, by occupying a house, cultivating ground, or retaining a movable in possession; natural possession is also defined to be the co

In the law of evidence. ‘That species of presumption, or process of probable reasoning, which is exercised by persons of ordinary intelligence, in inferring one fact from another,

In evidence. Presumptions of fact; those which depend upon their own form and efficacy in generating belief or conviction in the mind, as derived from those connections which are p

The term “natural regeneration” means the establishment of a tree or tree age class from natural seeding, sprouting, or suckering in accordance with the management objectives of an

As used in this paragraph, the term “natural resource claim” means any claim for injury to, or destruction or loss of, natural resources. The term does not include any claim for th

“natural resources” includes land, fish, wildlife, biota, air, water, ground water, drinking water supplies, and other such resources belonging to, managed by, held in trust by, ap

Those rights which are plainly assured by natural iaw; such as the right to life, to personal liberty, etc.

As the state of nature was a state of peace, and not a state of war, the natural state of nations is a state of peace and society, and hence it is a maxim of the law of nations, fo

Succession taking place between nafural persons, for example, in descent on the death of an ancestor. Thomas v. Dakin, 22 Wend. (N. Y.) 100.

In this paragraph, the term “natural transition points” means those periods that are close in time to the transition of a child with a disability from preschool to elementary grade

A natural stream flowing in a delhied bed or channel, with banks and sides, and having permanent sources of supply • Barkley v. Wilcox, 86 N. Y. 140, 40 Am. Rep. 519; Hinkle v. Ave

A natural stream flowing in a defined bed or channel; one formed by the natural flow of the water, as determined by the general superficies or conformation of the surrounding count

In old English law. That period of time in which the sun was supposed to revolve in its orbit, consisting of three hundred and sixty-five days and one-fourth of a day, or six hours

ITA nee lex. Nature makes no leap, nor does the law. Co. Litt. 238. NATURA NON FACIT VACUUM; NEC lex supervacuum. Nature makes no vacuum; the law nothing purposeless. Co. Litt. 79.

Nature does not make any leaps, neither does the law.

Mature makes no leap, [no sudden or irregular movement;] se neither does law. Co. Litt. 238, Applied in old practice to the regular observance of the degrees in writs of entry, whi

Nature makes no vacuum, the law nothing purposeless. Co. Litt. 79.

Nature makes no vacuum, nor does the law do anything superfluous.

The terms "natural feature" and "nature-based feature" have the meanings given those terms in section 2289a(a) of this title. / The terms “natural feature” and

the controlling factor is the nature of the employment of the vehicles in the railroad's service, that is the type of operation for which they are being used

In this subsection, the term "nature of the claim" means whether the claim is a claim for— (A) benefits under this part with respect to the death of a public safety offic

Lat. Born, as distinguished from nasdturus, about to be born. Ante natus, one bom before a particular person or event, e. g , before the death of his father, before a political rev

Lat In the Civll law. The master or owner of a merchant vessel Calvin.

A ship owner or master.

In French maritime law. When, by the violent agitation of the waves, the impetuosity of the winds, the storm, or the lightning, a vessel is swallowed up, or so shattered that there

Shipwreck.

In old practice. Bad; defective. "The bar is naught." 1 Leon. 77. "The avowry is naught." 5 Mod. 73. "The plea is undoubtedly naught." 10 Mod. 329. See 11 Mod. 179. Sometimes writt

The freight of passengers in a ship. Johnson; Webster. NAULUM (Lat.) Freight or passage money. 1 Pars. Mar. Law, 124, note; Dig. 1. 6. 1, qui potiores in pignore. NAUTA (Lat.) One