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No one is compelled to sell his property, even at a fair price.
No one can go against his own deed.
NISI QUI ID facit quod facere jus non habet. No one is considered as doing damage unless he who is doing what he has no right to do. Dig. 50. 17. 151. NEMO DARE POTEST QUOD NON HAb
No one works harm except him who does what he has no right to do.
No one can give what he has not.
It is a familiar rule that one who has no title to chattels cannot transfer title unless he has the owner's authority or the owner is estopped. It follows that, in the absence of c
No one can give who does not possess. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 250. NEMO DE DOMO SUA EXTRAHI DEbet. A citizen cannot be taken by force from his house to be conducted before a judge or to p
No one can give that which he has not. Nemo de domo sua extrahi dehet. No one ought to be dragged out of his own house.
No one ought to be enriched by another’s loss.
No man ought to be punished twice for one offense. 4 Coke, 43a; 11 Coke, 59b. No man shall be placed in peril of legal penalties more than once upon the same accusation. Broom, Max
No one ought to be twice punished for one offense.
SI CONstat curiae quod sit pro una et eadem causa. No man ought to be twice punished, if it appear to the court that it is for one and the same cause. 5 Coke, 61; Broom, Leg. Max.
No one ought to be twice harassed for the same cause. See 65 Conn. 265, 48 Am. St. Rep. 202, 27 L. R. A. 498, 30 Atl. 1110.
No one ought to be twice molested for the same cause. See 201 Mo. 467, 10 L. R. A. (N. S.) 140, 100 S. W. 443.
No one ought to be twice molested for one and the same cause. See 98 U. S. 61, 25 L. ETd. 93.
- Nemo debet bis vexari, si constat curiae quod sit pro una et eadem causadefined inBallentine's (1916)
No one ought to be twice molested, if it appears to the court that it is for one and the same cause. See 99 Mass. 203, 96 Am Dec. 733.
No man onght to be a judge in his own cause. 12 Coke, 114a. A maxim derived from the civil law. Cod. 3, 5. Called a "fundamental rule of reason and of natural justice." Burrows, Se
No one ought to be a judge in his own case. See 111 N. Y. 1, 7 Am. St. Rep. 684, 2 L. R. A. 255, 18 N. E. 692.
No one ought to profit by the loss of another.
No one should intermeddle with a thing that in no respect concerns hiin. Jenk. Cant p. 18, case 32.
No one ought to mix himself up in the business of another of no concern to him.
No one ought to be kept in a partnership against his will. See 1 Johns. (N. Y.) 106.
tus teneri. No one should be retained in a partnership against his will. 2 Sandf. Ch. (N. Y.) 568, 593; 1 Johns, <N. Y.) 106, 114. NEMO DEBET L0CUPLETAR1 EX ALterius Incommode. No
No one ought to be enriched by another's loss. Dig. 6, 1, 48, 65 ; 2 Kent, Comm. 336; 1 Kames, Eq. 331.
No one ought to be enriched from the misfortune of another. See 10 Barb. (N. Y.) 626.
No man ought to lose his property without his own act or default Ch Litt 263a.
No one ought to lose his property without any act or fault of his own.
No onct can be dragged out of his own house. In other words, every man's house is his castle. Dig. 50, 17, 108.
No man ought to be twice troubled or harassed [if it appear to the court that it is] for one and the same cause. 5 Coke, 61a. No man can be sued a second time for the same cause of
No one should be retained in a partnership against his will. Selden v. Vermilya, 2 Sandf. (N. Y.) 568, 593; United Ins. Co. v. Scott, 1 Johns. (N. Y.) 106, 114.
No one should fill two offices. 4 Inst. 100. NEMO EJUSDEM TENEMENT! SIMUL potest esse haeres et dominus. No one can be at the same time heir and lord of the same fief. 1 Reeve, His
No one can at the same time be heir and lord of the same tenement.
No one can at the same time be the heir and the owner of the same tenement. See 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 106.
- Nemo enim aliquam partem recte in-telligere possit antequam totum iterum atque iterum perlegeritdefined inBallentine's (1916)
For no one can rightly understand any part until he has read over the whole again and again.
- Nemo enim aliquam partem recte intelligere possit antequam totum iterum atque iterum perlegeritdefined inBlack's (1910)
No one is able rightly to understand one part before he has again and again read through the whole. Broom, Max. 593.
No one is an heir to the living. Co. Litt. 22b; 2 Bl. Comqi. 70, 107, 208; Viner, Abr. "Abeyance"; 2 Bouv. Inst. 1694; 1832; 2 Johns. (N. Y.) 36.
No one is the heir of a llving person. Co. Litt. 8a, 22b. No one can be heir during the lire of his ancestor. Broom, Max. 522, 523. No person can be the actual complete heir of ano
No one Is above the law. Lofft, 142. NEMO EX ALTERIUS FACTO PRAEgravarl debet. No man ought to be burdened
No one ought to be oppressed by the act of another. Nemo ex consilio obligatur. No one is rendered liable by advising. Nemo ex dolo suo proprio releventur, aut auxilium capiat No o
No man ought to be burdened in consequence of another's act. 2 Kent, Comm. 646.
No man is bound for the advice he gives. Story, Bailm. § 155. NEMO EX DOLO SUO PROPRIO RELEvetur, aut auxilium capiat. Let no one be relieved or gain an advantage by his own fraud.
Let no one be relieved or gain an advantage by his own fraucL A civil law maxim.
No one maintains an action arising out of his own wrong. Broom, Max. 297.
- Nemo ex suo delicto meliorem suam conditionem facere potestdefined inBallentine's (1916)Black's (1910)
No one can make his own condition better by his own wrong. See 145 N. C. 120, 12 L. R. A. (N S.) 1214, 58 S. E. 909.
No man is punished twice for the same offense. 4 BL Comm. 315; 2 Hawk. P. 0. 377.
No man ought to be condemned without being heard uniess he be contumacious. Jenk. Cont. p. 18, case 12, in marg.
No one ought to be condemned without a hearing, if he is not in contempt.
No one ought to be a witness in his own cause. 3 Bl. Comm. 371.
No one ought to be a judge in his own cause. See 24 Eng. Rul. Cas. 30.
No one' ought to be a witness in his own cause.
No one should be compelled to enter a partnership against his will.
No one can declare the law for himself. No one is entitled to take the law into his own hands. Tray. Lat. Max. 366. NEMO MILITANS DEO IMPLICETUR secuiaribus negotiis. No man warrin
No one doing military service for Hod should be bothered by secular business.
No man who is warring for [in the service of] God should be involved in secular matters. Co. Litt. 70b. A principle of the old law that men of religion were not bound to go in pers
No one Is born an artificer. Co. Litt. 97. NEMO PATRIAiVI IN QUA NATUS EST exuere, nee iigeantiae debitum ejurare possit. No man can renounce the country in which he was born, nor
- Nemo patriam in qua natus est exuere, nec ligeantiae debitum ejurare possitdefined inBallentine's (1916)
No one can renounce his native country, nor abjure his obligation of allegiance. See 3 Pet. (U. S.) 155, 7 L. Ed. 617.
No man can renounco the country in which he was born, nor abjure the obligation of his allegiance. Co. Litt. 129a; Broom, Max. 75; Fost. Cr. Law, 184.
No one leaves a greater advantage to his heir than he himself had.
No one can transfer to another any greater right than he himself has. See 10 Pet. (U. S.) 161, 9 L. Ed. 382.
- Nemo plus juris ad alium transferre potest quam ipse habetdefined inBallentine's (1916)Black's (1910)
No one can transfer to another any greater right than he himself has. See 105 Va. 744, 7 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1019, 54 S. E. 893.
No one can prove by the country contrary to a record. See Per patriam .
No one can be both owner and heir.
No man can be both owner and heir. Hale, Co.m. Law, a 7.
No one can be both landlord and tenant.
No one can at the same time be both plaintiff and judge.
No one can be both tenant and landlord.
No man can be both tenant and lord [of the same tenement.] Gilb. Ten. 142.
No one can do through another what he cannot do by himself.
No one can do indirectly what he cannot do directly.
No man can do that indirectly which he cannot do directly. 1 Eden, 512.
No one can change his plans to the injury of another.
- Nemo potest plus juris ad alium transferre quam ipse habetdefined inBallentine's (1916)Black's (1910)
No one can convey to another any greater right than he himself holds.
No one can owe to himself. See "Confusion of Rights."
One is not present unless he understands. See "Presence." NEMO PRAESUMITUR ALIENAM POSteritatem suae praetulisse. No one is presumed to have preferred another's posterity to his ow
No man is presumed to have preferred another's posterity to his own. Wing. Max. p. 285, max. 79.
No one is presumed to have preferred the posterity of another to his own. Nemo praesumitur donare. No one is presumed to make a gift.
No one is presumed to give. NEMO PRAESUMITUR ESSE IMMEMOR suae aeternae salutis, et maxime in articulo mortis. No man is presumed to be forgetful of his eternal welfare, and partic
- Nemo praesumitur esse immemor suae aeternae salutis, et maxime in articulo mortisdefined inBallentine's (1916)
No one is presumed to be unmindful of his own eternal welfare, and especially at the point of death.
- Nemo praesumitur esse immemor suss œternæ salutis, et maxime in articnlo mortisdefined inBlack's (1910)
6 Coke, 76. No one is presumed to be forgetful of his own eternal welfare, and particularly at the point of death.
No one is presumed to jest while dying.
No one is presumed to be bad.
No one is presumed to be bad. NEMO PROHIBETUR PLURES NEGOtiationes sive artes exercere. No one is restrained from exercising several kinds of business or arts. 11 Coke, 64. NEMO PR
No one is prohibited from following several kinds of business or several arts. 11 Coke, 54a. The common law doth not prohibit any person from using several arts or mysteries at his
Co. Litt. 304a. No one is prohibited from making use of several defenses.
No one is prohibited from engaging in more businesses or arts.
No one is prohibited from employing several defenses.
One is not present unless he understands.
- Nemo prudens punit ut praeterita revocentur, sed ut futura praevenianturdefined inBallentine's (1916)Black's (1910)
No prudent person punishes that past transactions may be revoked, but that future acts may be prevented.
No one is punished for another’s crime.
No one is punished uniess for some wrong, act or default. 2 Inst. 287.
FACto, seu defalto. No one is punished unless for some wrong, act, or default. 2 Inst. 287.
No one is punished without some wrong, act or fault.
No one who can convict, cannot acquit.
No one,ought to be his own judge or the tribunal in his own affairs. Broom, Max. 116, 121. See In R. 1 C. P. 722, 747.
No one ought to bef his own judge or to lay down the law for his own family.
ET hoc non sine breve sive libello conventlonali. No one goes to law without an action, and no one can bring an action without a writ or bill. Bracton, 112.
- Nemo sine actione experitur, et hoc non sine breve sive libello conventionalidefined inBallentine's (1916)
No one goes to trial without an action and this not without a writ or bill.
- Nemo sine aetione experitur, et boo non sine breve sive libello conventionalidefined inBlack's (1910)
No one goes to law without an action, and no one can bring an action without a writ or bill. Bract, fol. 11Z
No one is bound to an impossibility. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 7. NEMO TENETUR ARMARE ADVERSArlum contra se. No one is bound to arm his adversary. Wingate, Max. 665.
No one is held to do impossible things.