Nulla bona — Law Dictionary

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

No goods, the return of an officer on a writ of attachment or execution when he has found no goods upon which he could levy. See 146 Pa. 344, 28 Am. St. Rep. 798, 23 Atl. 245.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat. No goods. The name of the return made by the sheriff to a writ of execution, when he has not found any goods of the defendant within his jurisdiction on which he could levy. Woodward v. Harbin, 1 Ala. 108; Reed v. Lowe, 163 Mo. 519, 63 S. W. 687, 85 Am. St. Rep. 578; Langford v. Few, 146 Mo. 142, 47 S. W. 927, 69 Am. St. Rep. 606.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

1. I. No goods; the technical name of the return to a wi'it of fieri facias, where the party named in the writ has no property subject to levy. Nulla curia quae recordum non habet, potest im- Nnlla impossibilia, ant inhonesta snnt praesnmenda; rera antem, et honesta et possibilia: no things that are impossible or dishonorable are to be presumed; but things that are true and honcarable and possible. Nnlla injuria est quae in volentem flat: that is no injury which is done to a willing party. Nulla pactione effici potest nt dolus prsestetur: by no agreement can it be effected that a fraud shall be practiced.