Non

/. Not; the common particle of negation, whether taken as a prefix or as a single word. Non acceptavit: he did not accept. Non accipi debent verba in demonstrationem falsaiu, qui» competunt in limitationem veram: words ought not to be taken to import a false demonstration which may have effect by way of true limitation. Non accrevit: it did not accrue; — infra sex annos: it did not accrue within six years; a plea of the statute of limitations.

Lat, Not. The common particle of negation.

I. No, not. i[ror King's court usurped the or local courts. Nisi to trials of fact before a the court of a judge on his full bench, or the courts at court; v. Court, 27. A Nisi prius record, roll: pleadings, issue, and jury prouse of the judge at nisi prius. of the writ of venire facias, the men impanelled as jurors before that the justices of: guilty. Nocumentnm: volens: willing or not. formal entry of the plamtiff, that he will not further counts, or as against some that he wiU wholly disto contend.) The name of a case, upon which the accused: a collective name, a Nomen generalissimum: a comprehensive term. Nomen Nomen universitatis; the entire thing, from all points of sunt notse rerum: names pcense (in the name of a in a lease for non-performdamni: in the name of damin turn. with see a plea to an action against the drawee of a bill of exchange. Non accipl debent verba in demonstrationem falsam, quae competunt in limitationem veram: words ought not to be taken for a mistaken description, when they may serve as a good limitation; v. Falsa demonstratio. Non accrevit infra sex annos (it did not accrue within six years): a plea of the statute of limitations. Non age: v. Nonage. Non aliter a significatione verborum recedi oportet quam cum manifestum est aliud sensisse testatorem: the literal meaning of words ought not to be departed from except when it is clear that the testator meant something else [in using them]. Non assumpsit (he did not promise): the general issue in assumpsit. Non assumpsit infra sez annos (he did not promise within six years): a plea of the statute of Lmitations in assumpsit. Non cepit (he did not take): the general issue in replevin. Non claim: v. Nonclaim. Non concessit (he did not grant): the plea of a defendant, a stranger to a deed or patent relied upon by the plaintiff, denying that it was granted as alleged. Non consentit qui errat: he who mistakes does not consent. Non constat: it does not appear, it is not clear. Non cuV (culpabilis): not guilty. Non damnificatus (not damnified): a plea of performance to an action of debt on a bond of indemnity; V. Bond. Non dat, etc.: v. Nemo dat. Non debet adduci exceptio, etc.: v. Bxceptio rei. Non debet cui plus, etc.: V. Cui licet. Non debet fieri: v. Fieri. Non decimando: v. Le, Modus. Non decipitur qui scit se decipi: a person is not deceived who knows he is being deceived. Non dedit: Ne dona pas. Non demisit (he did not demise): a plea to an action for rent, denying a ^aro/ lease; v.

DETIN itr, in pleading. is the general issue in an action of detinue. Its form is as follows: ‘“‘ And tne said C D, by E F, his attorncy, comes and defends the wrong and injury, when, &c. and says, that he does not detain the suid goods and chattels (or, ‘deeds and writings,” according to the subject of the action,) in the said declaration specified, or any part thereof, in manner and form as the said A B hath above complained.. And of this the said C D puts himself upon the country.” In debt on simple contract in the case of executors and administrators, instead of pleading nil debet, the plea should be “ doth not detain.” “6 East, 549; Bac. Abr. Pleas, I; 1 Chit. Pl. 476.