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Non damnificatus

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Bouvier (1839)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Not injured, a plea to an action of debt on a bond equivalent to a plea setting up the defendants fulfillment of his obligation. See 8 N. J. L. 1.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat Not injured. This is a plea in an action of debt on an Indemnity bond or bond conditioned "to keep the plaintiff harmless and indemnified," etc. It is In the nature of a plea of performance, being used where the defendant means to allege that the plaintiff has been kept harmless and indemnified, according to the tenor of the condition. Steph. PI. (7th Ed.) 300, 301. Sinte Bank v. Chet-wood, 8 N. J. Law, 25.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

pleading. A plea to an action of debt on a bond of indemnity, by which the defendant asserts that the plaintiff has received no damage; in other words that he is not damnified. 1 B. & P. 640, n. a; 1 Taunt. R. 428; 1 Saund. 116, n. 1; 2 Saund. 81; 7 Wentw. Pi. 615, 616; 1 H. BI. 253; 2 Lill. Ab. 224.