Nullum arbitrium
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
No award. Nullum crimen majus est inobedientia: no crime is greater than disobedience; applied to the refusal of an officer to return a writ. Nullum exemplum est idem omnibus: no example is the same for all purposes; no one precedent is adapted to all cases; a maxim in conveyancing. Nullum iniquum est praesumendum in jure: nothing unjust is to be presumed in law. Nullum iniquum in jure praesumitur: nothing unjust is presumed in law. Nullum simile est idem: no like thing is the same: similarity is not identity. Nullum simile quatuor pedibus currit: no simile runs upon four feet (or all fours, as it is otherwise expressed); no simile holds in everything. Nullum tempus: no time; — act: the statute of 9 Geo. III., c. 16, so called; — occurrit regi: no time bars (or runs against) the king, — qualified by statute in modern times, and always subject to exceptions; — occurrit reipublicae: no time runs [time does not run] against the commonwealth or state.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Lat. No award. The name of a plea in an action on an arbitration bond, for not fulfilling the award, by which the defendant traverses the allegation that there was an award made. WNullum crimen majus est inobedientia, No crime is greater than disobedience. Nullum exemplum est idem omnibus. No example is the same for all purposes, Co. Litt. 212¢. No one precedent is adapted to all cases. A maxim in conveyancing. NULLUM FECERUNT ARBI-