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Defined in 3 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
teut In Swedish and Oothic laio. A jury. N6mo, I No ona Nemo adralttendus est inhabilitare seipsum: no man is to be admitted to incapacitate himself; no man shall be received to avoid hie deed, by alleging that he was non compos mentis at the making of it. Nemo agit in seipsum: no man acts against himself; a man cannot be a judge and a party in his own cause. Nemo allegrans snam turpitudinera est andiendus: no one alleging his own baseness or infamy is to be heard (as a witness); no person is allowed to give evidence of his own baseness or wickedness. Nemo bis punitur pro eodem delicto: no man is punished twice for the same offense. Nemo cogitiir rem suam vendere, etiam jnsto pretio: no man is compelled to sell his own property, even for a just prica Nemo contra factum sunm venire potest: no man can contravene or contradict his own deed. Nemo dare potest quod non Jbabet: no man can give that which he has not Nemo dat qui non liabet: no man gives who does not have. Nemo debet: no man ought; — bis puniri pro uno delicto: no man ought to be punished twice for one offense; — bis vexari [si constet curiae qnod sit] pro una et eadem causa: no man ought to be twice troubled or harassed [if it appear to the court that it is] for one and the same cause; — [potest] esse judex in propria causa: no man ought to [can] be a judge in his own cause; — immiscere se rei ad se nihil pertinenti: no one should intermeddle with a thing that in no respect concerns him; — locupletari aliena jactura: no one ought to be enriched by another's loss; — locupletari ex alterius incommodo: no one ought to be enriched by the inconvenience of another. V. Jure naturce, etc.; — rem suam sine facto aut defectu suo amittere: no man ought to lose his property without his own act or default Nemo duobus utatur offlciis: no man should enjoy two oi Hces (at the same time). Nemo fjusdem tenementi simnl potest esse hieres et dominus: no man can be at the same time owner and heir of the same tenement Nemo est litres vi ventis: no one is the heir of a living person. Nemo ex alterius detrimento fieri debet locupletior: no one ought to be enriched by the injury of another. Nemo ex alterius facto praegravari debet: no man ought to be burdened in consequence of another's act Nemo ex consilio obligatur: no man is bound in consequence of his advice. Nemo ex proprio dolo consequitar actionem: no man acquires a right of action from his own wrong. Nemo inauditus condemnari debet si non sit contumax: no man ought to be condemned without being heard, unless he be contumacious. Nemo in propria causa testis esse debet: no one ought to be a witness in his own cause. Nemo patriam in qua natns est exuere, nee ligeantiaj debitum ejurare possit: no man can renounce the country in which he was born, nor abjure the obligation of his allegiance. Nemo plus juris ad [in] alium can; -^ contra recordum Teriflcare per patriam: no one can verify by the country, against a record; the issue upon matter of record cannot be to the country, — a maxim of old practice; — esse dominns et iiseres: no man can be both owner and heir. v. Nemo ejusdem, etc.; — exuere patriam: no one can renounce liis native country; — facere per allum qaod per se non potest: no one can do that by another which he cannot do of himself, — a rule said to hold in original grants, but not in descents; — facere per obli- ^uuin quod non potest facere per directum: no man can do that indirectly which he cannot do directly; — mntare consilium suum in alterius injuriam: no man can change his purpose to another's injury. Nemo prsesumitur: no man is presumed; — alienam posteritatem suae praetulisse: no man is presumed to have preferred another's posterity to his own; — esse immemor suae seteruse salutis, et maxime in articulo mortis: no man is presumed to be unmindful •of his eternal welfare, and especially when at the point of death. Nemo prohibetur: no one is prohibited; — plnres negotiationes sive artes exercere: no one is prbhibited from following several kinds of business or several arts; — pluribus defensionibus uti: no one is prohibited from making use of several defenses, — hence the allowance of several pleas on the part of a defendant Nemo prudens punlt ut praeterita revocontur, sed ut f utura prsBTeniantur: no wise man punishes in order that past things may be recalled, but that future wrongs may be prevented. Nemo punitur: ' mo man is punished; — pro alieno delicto: no man is punished for the crime of another; — sine injuria, facto sen defalta: no one is punished unless for some wrong, act or default. Nemo tenetur: no man is bound; — ad impossibile: no man is bound to do an impossibility; — armjire adversarium sunm contra se: no man is bound to arm his adversary against himself (as to furnish him with an instrument to enable him to state his cause of action); — divinare: no man is bound to divine, or to have foreknowledge of a future ■event; — informare qui nescit,sed quisqnis scire quod informat: no one is bound to give information on a subject of which he is ignorant, but every one is bound to know that which he gives information about; — jurare in suam turpitudinem: no man is bound to swear to the fact of his own criminality; no one can be forced to give his own oath in evidence of his guilt; — prodere seipsum: no man is bound to betray himself; — seipsum accusare: no one is bound to accuse himself; — seipsum infortuniis et periculis exponere: no one is bound to expose himself to misfortunes and dangers; hence a threat of bodily harm will excuse the performance of an act in law. In old English law. Nemo militans Deo implicetnr secularibus neof religion were not bound to go in person with the king to war. Nemo potest esse tenens et dominus: no man can be both tenant and lord (of the same tenement). In the civil law. Neino alieno nomine lege agere potest: no man can sue in another's name. Nemo de domo sua extrahi debet: no man ought to be dragged from his own house. Nemo ex suo delicto meliorem suam conditionem facere potest: no man can improve his own condition by his own wrong. Nemo plus commodl lieredi suo relinquit quam ipse liabuit: no one leaves a greater benefit to his heir than he had himself. Nemo proliibetur pluribus exceptionibus uti, quamvls diversae sint: no one is prohibited from making use of several defenses, however different. Nemo videtur fraudare eos qui sciunt et consentiunt: no one seems [is supposed] to defraud those who know and assent [to his acts]. In the Roman law. Nemo aliena) rei, sine satisdatione, defensor idoneus intelligitur: no man is considered a competent defender of another's property without security. Nemo tenetur edere instrumenta contra se: no man is bound to produce writings against himself. The rule is adhered to in criminal prosecutions, but departed from in civil questions.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In Swedish and Gothic iaw. Ajury 3 Bl, Comm. 349, 359.