Non culpabilis
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A plea of not guilty. It is usually abbreviated non cul.; 16 Yiner, Abr. 1. Issue was joined thereon by the abbreviation “prit”; i. e. paratus, ready to prove the prisoner guilty. In later years, the officer of the court began to apply these abbreviations to the prisoner: “ Culprit, how wilt thou be tried?” This is commonly believed to be the origin of the word culprit. 4 Steph. Com. 340; New Engl. Diet. NON DAMNIFICATUS (Lat. not injured). A plea in the nature of a plea of performance to an action of debt on a bond of indemnity, by which the defendant asserts that the plaintiff has received no damage. 1 B. & P. 610, n. a; 1 Saund. 116, n. 1; 2 id. 81; Douglass v. Clark, 14 Johns. (N. Y.) 177; Brent v. Davis, 10 Wheat. (U. S.) 396, 6 L. Ed. 350; Washington v. Young, 10 Wheat. (U. S.) 406, 6 L. Ed. 352.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Lat.
In pleading. Not guilty. It ls usually abbreviated "non cui" '
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Lat.
In pleading. Nob guilty. It is usnatly abbreviated “7207 cul,”
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
pleadings. Not guilty (q. v.) It is usually abbreviated non cul. 16 Vin. Ab. 1.