Navis bona

A good ship; one that was staunch and strong, well caulked, and stiffened to bear the sea, obedient to her helm, swift, and not unduly affected by the wind. Calvin.

Defined under Navis in Black's Law Dictionary.

I. A good ship; a ship staunch and strong, well caulked, and stiffened to bear the sea, obedient to her helm, swift, and not unduly affected by the wind. Ne, fr. Not Ne unqnes: never; — accouple en loiall matrimonie: never accoupled in lawful matrimony, — never lawfully married; a plea by which the tenant in an action of dower, unde nil habet, by which the defendant denies being an executor or administrator; — receivour: never receiver; the general plea in actions of account, denying that the defendant is a receiver; — seise que dower: never seised of a dowable estate; the general issue in the action of dower unde nil habet, by which the tenant denies that the demandant's husband was ever seised of an estate of which dower might be had.

In English law. Ne disturba pas: does or did not disturb; the general issue or general plea in quare impedit.

In old English law. Ne baila pas: did not deliver; a plea in detinue, denying the delivery of a thing sued for. Ne dona pas: did not give; the general issue or general plea, in the writ of formedon. Ne gist en le boilche, ne gist pas en bonche: it does not lie in the mouth; it is not for one to say. Ne soit le briefe abatas: the writ shall not be quashed. Ne, I. Lest; that not Ne deflciat jnstitia: lest justice should fail. Ne qnis plus donasse prsesumatur qnam in donatione expresserit: lest any one be presumed to have given more than he expressed in the grant Ne recipiatur: that it be not received; a proceeding by which a party to an action may prevent the other from doing some act when it has not been done in due time. Ne varietur: that it be not changed, or let it not be changed; a notarial phrase, the words of which are sometimes written by notaries upon bills and notes, for the purpose of ascertaining their identity.

In American law. Ne exeat republica, or ne exeat: that he go not out of the state; a writ issuing out of chancery forbidding the person or persons to whom it is addressed from leaving the state.

In English law. Ne adinittas: that you admit not; a writ which lies for the plaintifE in a quare impedit, forbidding the bishop to admit the defendant's or any other clerk pending the suit Ne exeat regno, or ne exeat: that he go not out of the kingdom; a prerogative writ issuing out of chancery forbidding the person or persons to whom it is directed from leaving the kingdom. The writ was formerly used for political purposes, but has long since become a mere process between private parties.

In old English law. Ne injuste vexes: that you do not unjustly vex; a prohibitory writ (now abolished), founded on Magna Charta, which lay for a tenant distrained by his lord for more services than he ought to perform.

In the Roman law. Ne quid in loco publico vel itinere flat: that nothing shall be clone (put or erected) in a public place or way; the title of an interdict

Lat. A good ship; one that was staunch and strong, well caulked, and stiffened to bear the sea, obedient to her helm, swift, and not unduly affected by the wind. Calvin.

Lat. A "good ship."