Law Dictionary

Negative propositions are usually much more difficult of proof than affirmative, and in cases where they are involved, it is often a nice question upon which side lies the burden o

the term "negative amortization" means payment of periodic payments that will result in an increase in the principal balance under the terms of the legal obligation.

it is not incumbent on the prosecution to adduce positive evidence to support a negative averment the truth of which is fairly indicated by established circumstances and which, if

For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “negative capitalization amount” means, with respect to any category of specified insurance contracts, the percentage (applicable under subs

One where the thing which is the subject of it must not happen. 1 Bouv. Inst, note 751.

One in negative form, whereby the covenantor binds himself not to do a particular thing.

One which consists in a prohibition upon the owner of the servient estate of some act which would be detrimental to the dominant estate.

When a statute limits a thing to be done in a particular mode, it includes the negative of any other mode.

The term “negative information” means information concerning a customer's delinquencies, late payments, insolvency, or any form of default.

The concealment of something which ought to be revealed; that is, misprision in the third of the specific meanings given abave.

A negative order which denies relief without more compels nothing requiring enforcement, and contemplates no action susceptible of being stayed by an injunction or affected by a de

An order of the Commission dismissing a complaint on the merits and maintaining the status quo is an exercise of administrative function, no more and no less, than an order directi

One which does not undertake to answer the various aliegations of the bill, but specifically denies some particular fact or matter the existence of which is essential to entitle th

In pleading. Such a form of negative expression as may imply or carry within it an affirmative. Thus, where a defendant pleaded a license from the plaintiff's daughter, and the pla

One which is enacted in negative terms, and which so controls the common law that it has no force in opposition to the statute. Bac. Abr. "Statutes" (G); Brooke, Abr. "Parliament,"

Testimony not bearing directly upon the immediate fact or occurrence under consideration, bat evidencing facts from which it may be inferred that the act or fact in question could

Denied.

The term "Negev Forum" means the regional grouping known as the Negev Forum Regional Cooperation Framework that was adopted on November 10, 2022, or any successor group.

It is not for one to say.

L. Fr. It does not lie in the mouth. A common phrase in the old books. Yearb. M. 3 Edw. II. 50.

meaning 'not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone.' In the Standard Dictionary the word is de

personal negligence of the owner, or, in case of a corporate owner, negligence of its managing officers or agents; and that the negligence of the master, chief engineer, or other s

the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or the doing something which a

Where negligence is a mere question of fact, and nothing appears which is negligence per se, the determination of the question is peculiarly the province of a jury, and its conclus

Of an infant of tender years less discretion is required, and the degree depends upon his age and knowledge. Of a child of three years of age less caution would be required than of

where the Employers' Liability Act refers to 'any defect or insufficiency, due to its negligence, in its cars, engines, appliances,' etc., it clearly is the legislative intent to t

As used in subparagraph (A)(ii), the term “negligent entrustment” means the supplying of a qualified product by a seller for use by another person when the seller knows, or reasona

An escape occurring through the negligence of the officer. See 30 N. C. 147.

In Texas, the act of causing the death of another by negligence and carelessness in the performance of a lawful act. Anderson v. Slate, 27 Tex. App. 177, 11 S. W. 33, 3 In R. A. 64

See Negligence .

Negligence always has misfortune as a comrade.

Negligence always has misfortune for a companion. Co. Litt. 246b; Shep. Touch. 476.

To say that a claim arises out of 'negligence,' rather than 'misrepresentation,' when the loss suffered by the injured party is caused by the breach of a 'specific duty' owed by th

the term “negligent treatment” means the failure to provide, for reasons other than poverty, adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical care so as to seriously endanger the physi

Fr. Business; trade; management of affairs.

To make Bills, or Notes, assignable, the power to assign them must appear in the instruments themselves; and then, the custom of merchants, in the case of Bills of Exchange, and th

Transferable by indorsement and delivery so as to vest in the indorsee such a legal title as will enable him to sue on the instrument in his own name. See 15 Mo. 337, 55 Am. Dec. 1

Written contracts are not necessarily negotiable simply because by their terms they enure to the benefit of the bearer. Doubtless the certificates were assignable, and they would h

A general name for bills, notes, checks, transferable bonds or coupons, letters of credit, and other negotiable written securities. Any written securities which may be transferred

By making a note negotiable in bank, the maker authorizes the bank to advance on his credit to the owner of the note the sum expressed on its face. It would be a fraud on the bank

The possession of such paper carries the title with it to the holder: 'The possession and title are one and inseparable.

The paper on which the suit is brought, is not negotiable by the usage or custom of merchants; it is payable to order; the promise is to pay so many dollars, but not to pay any cer

See "Words of Negotiability."

Subject to other provisions of law, the power to negotiate and administer contracts for research or development, or both, may be further delegated. In this section, the term “negot

The term “negotiated formula purchase” means a swine or pork market formula purchase under which— (A) the formula is determined by negotiation on a lot-by-lot basis; and (B) the sw

The term “negotiated price” has the meaning given such term in section 423.100 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on March 23, 2010), except that such negotiate

The term “negotiated purchase” means a cash or spot market purchase by a packer of livestock from a producer under which— (A) the base price for the livestock is determined by sell

Definitions.—In this section, the term “negotiated rate” means a rate, charge, classification, or rule agreed upon by a motor carrier or freight forwarder and a shipper through neg

“negotiated rulemaking” means rulemaking through the use of a negotiated rulemaking committee;

"negotiated rulemaking committee" or "committee" means an advisory committee established by an agency in accordance with this subchapter and chapter 10 of this

The term “negotiated sale” means a cash or spot market sale by a producer of livestock to a packer under which— (A) the base price for the livestock is determined by seller-buyer i

(i) In this subparagraph, the term "negotiated term" means any term or provision that is negotiated by an Indian tribe and any other party to a lease, business agreement,

For purposes of this section, the term “negotiating period” means— (A) with respect to a priority foreign country identified in the investigation conducted under section 3103(a) of

The deliberation which takes place between the parties touching a proposed agreement. That which transpires in the negotiation makes no part of the agreement, unless introduced int

For purposes of this part, subject to paragraph (2), the term “negotiation-eligible drug” means, with respect to the selected drug publication date with respect to an initial price

The term “negotiation period” means, with respect to an initial price applicability year with respect to a selected drug, the period— (A) beginning on the sooner of— (i) the date o

The term “Negotiator” means the Nuclear Waste Negotiator.

Lat. In the civil law. Literally, a doing of business or businesses. A species of spontaneous agency or an interference by one in the affairs of another, in his absence, from benev

A self-appointed agent assuming the transaction of one’s business.

Business; a business transaction.

Generally a person belonging to the African race, and having such a proportion of African blood as will identify him with that race. 5 Jones, Law (N. C.) 11; 80 Va. 544. It has bee

An abbreviation for non est irir ventus (g. v.) N. L. An abbreviation of non liquet (q. v.)

Chit. Prac. NON EST JUSTUM ALIQUEM ANTENAtum post mortem facere bastardum, qui toto tempore vitae suae pro legitimo habebatur. It is not just to make an elder born a bastard after

See Non Est Inventus. N. L. See Non Liquet. N. 0. V. See Non Obstante Veredicto.

In old English law. A woman who was born a villein, or a bond woman.

In old English law. The condition of a neife.

One who lives in close proximity to another. In a grant relating to the use of water by neighbors, it was limited to the next adjoining farm; 1 A. C., 22 (So. Africa).

relative proximity, to a preference for a school nearer to, rather than more distant from, home.

The term “neighborhood development funding organization” means— (A) a depository institution the accounts of which are insured pursuant to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act [ 12 U.

The term “neighborhood electric vehicle” means a 4-wheeled on-road or nonroad vehicle that— (A) has a top attainable speed in 1 mile of more than 20 mph and not more than 25 mph on

"neighborhood or community-based organizations" means organizations, including faith-based, that are representative of communities or significant segments of communities;

The term “neighboring countries” includes Canada and Mexico.

Lat. In old English practice, A prohibitory writ, com manding a lord not to demand from the tenant more services than were justly due by the tenure under which his ancestors held.

An abbreviated form of docket entry, meaning that, by agreement, neither of the parties will further appear in court in that suit. Gendron v. Hovey, 98 Me, 139, 56 AU. 583.

The term "Nellis Dunes Off-Highway Recreation Area" means the approximately 10,035 acres of land identified on the Map as "Nellis Dunes OHV Recreation Area".

A servitude protecting one light from obstruction.

See "Nerny." NEMINEM OPORTET ESSE SAPIENTIOrem legibus. No man need be wiser than the laws. Co. Litt. 97. NEMO ADMITTENDUS EST INHABILItare selpsum. No one is allowed to incapacita

The term “NEMA” means the National Electrical Manufacturers Association.

The term “nematode” means invertebrate animals of the phylum nemathelminthes and class nematoda, that is, unsegmented round worms with elongated, fusiform, or saclike bodies covere

In Swedish and Gothic law. A jury. 3 Bl. Comm. 349, 359.

No one contradicting.

He who use's his own property lawfully, injures no one. See 47 La. Ann. 214, 49 Am. St. Rep. 366, 27 L. R. A. 416' 16 South. 806.

No one ought to be wiser than the laws.

QUI CONDEMNARE POTEST, absolvere non potest. No one who may condemn is unable to acquit. Dig. 50. 17. 37. NEMO SIBI ESSE JUDEX VEL SUIS JUS dicere debet. No man ought to be his own

TENETUR INFORMARE QUI nescit sed quisquis scire quod ^nformat. No one who is ignorant of a thing is bound to give information of it, but every one is bound to know that which he gi

No one is permitted to incapacitate himself.

Jenk. Cent. 40. No man is to be admitted to incapacitate himself.

No man acts against himself. Jenk. Co.nt. p. 40, case 76. A man cannut be a judge and a party in his own cause. Id.; Broom, Max. 2l6n.

No man acts against himself (Jenk. Cent. Cas. 40); 201, note; 4 Bing. 151; 2 Exch. 695; 18 C. B. 253; 2 Barn. & Aid. 822).

SINE SATISDAtlone, defensor idoneus intelllgltur. No man is considered a competent defender of another's property, without security. 1 Curt. C. C. (U. S.) 202. NEMO ALIENO NOMINE L

No man is considered a competent defender of another's property, without security. A rnie of the Roman law, applied in part in admiralty cases. 1 Curt. 202.

No one is regarded as a favorable defender of the property of another, without security.

No one can sue in the name of another.

No one can rightly understand any part before he has read over the whole again and again.

No one alleging his own baseness is to be heard. The courts of law have properly rejected this as a rule of evidence. 7 Term In 601.

No one asserting his own baseness should be heard. See 95 Va. 570, 40 L. R. A. 240, 28 S. E. 953.

No one is twice punished for the same offense.

No one suffers punishment on account of bis thoughts. Tray. Lat Max. 362.

No one suffers punishment for his thoughts.

No man is compelled to sell his own property, even for a just price, 4 Inst 275.