Nilj contr

of nihil, I. Nothing. Nil capiat, or quod nil capiat per breve: that he take nothing by his writ: a name given to the judgment for the defendant in an action where the issue has arisen on a pleading in bar. Nil debet: he owes nothing; the name of the general issiie in an action of debt on simple contract Nil dicit: says nothing; a name given to the judgment on default that the defendant plead. Nil sine prudenti fecit ratioue vetustas: antiquity did nothing without a good reason. Nil temere novaudum: nothing should be raslily changed.

In old English law. Nil iiabuit in tenementis: he had nothing in' the tenements; a plea in an action of debt on a leasa Nimia subtilitas in jure reprobatur et talis certitudo certitudinem contnndit, I. Excessive subtlety is disapproved of in law, and such nicety confuses certainty.