Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Niliil

Defined in 1 dictionary — Kinney (1893)

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

nichil, nil, I. Nothing; the general name returns upon process, v. Nil. Nihil dictum prius: nothing is said which was not said before, where former arguments were repeated. Nihil consentaneum qnam eodem modo qnodqae flatum est: nothing is more consonant to reason should be dissolved or discharged in the same created. Nihil est tam naturale quam quidlibet quo ligatur: nothing is so natural as that a solved in the same way in which it was he has nothing; the name of a return to a scire which the sheriff has been unable to serve. Nihil abiliug est [quam] eaudem rem diverse jure more intolerable in law than that the same should be subject to different views of law. est quam quod necessp.rium est: nothing is which is necessary. Nihil nequam est wicked is to be presumed. Nihil perfectnm est agendum: nothing is perfect while any thing Nihil possumus contra verltatem: we can do Nihil quod est contra rationem est licitum: reason is lawful. Nihil quod est inconveniens ing that is inconvenient is lawful. Nihil tarn a near relative, by of kin: nearest of descent, to the near- Nient comprise: not notwithstanding. general issue. Nient default The name it is stated that the the deed; the name factum. Nient le deed. Nient selsi: Nient son fait: twenty-four hours which in the most general that portion of the of daylight that Night-wallter: a person bearing and apof several diffei-ent quod non dictum — said of a case est niagis rationi dissolvere quo eonthan that a thing way in which it was dissolvi eo modo thing should be discreated. Nihil Iiabet: facias or other writ in lege intolercenseri: nothing is matter, thing or case Nihil magis justum more just than- that prsesnmendum: nothing d nm aliqnid restat remains to be done. nothing against truth. nothing that is against est licitum: nothproprium imperio In Amei'ican law. A return to an attachment in garnishee process.

In the civil law. Nihil consensu! tam contrarium est qnam vis atqne metns: nothing is so contrary to consent as force and fear. Nihil facit error nominis, cum de corpore constat: an error of name worlis no prejudice, "(vhere it is clear as to the body [or subject-matter intended]. This maxim has been adopted in the common law, corpus being commonly taken in the sense of corporate body. Nihil peti potest aute id tempus quo per rerum naturam persolvi possit: nothing can be demanded before the time when, by the nature of things, it can be paid. Niliil tam conveniens est uatnrali fequitati, qaam Toluntatem domiui volentis rem suam in alium transferre, ratam haberi: nothing is so agreeable to natural equity as that the will or intention of an owner desiring to transfer his property to another should be ratified or confirmed. Nihil tam naturale est, quam eo geiiere quidque dissolvere quo collig^atum est: nothing is so natural as to dissolve a thing by the same kind of means by which it was bound together.