Nunquam

I. Never. Nunquam decnrritnr ad extraordinarinm sed nbi deficit ordinarinm: we are never to resort to what is extraornary, but where [until] what is ordinary fails. Nunqnam fuit ballivns ejns, vel mercator, vel denariornm suorum receptor, vel administrator: never was his bailiff or merchant, or receiver of his moneys, or his administrator (manager). Nnnqnam prospere succednnt res hnmanaa, nbi neglignntnr divina;: human things [affairs] never prosper where divine things are neglected.

In English law. Nnnqnam indebitatns: never indebted; the name In Scots taw. Nnnqnam preescribitnr in falso: there is never a [no] prescription in case of falsehood, or forgery.

In the civil law. Nanquam crescit ex postfacto praeteriti delicti sestimatio: the character of a past offense is never aggravated by a subsequent act or matter.

See Assumpsit.

Never. The initial word of several Latin phrases and maxims; among them, the following: Nunquam crescit ez post facto praeteriti delicti aestimatio. The quality of a past offence is never aggravated by that which happens subsequently. The character and extent of a crime are determined at the time it is committed; no subsequent aot of the offender can enhance it. Nuuquam indebitatus. Never indebted. The name of a plea in an action of indebitatus assumpsit, by which the defendant alleges that he is not indebted to the plaintiff. This plea was also substituted in English practice for the plea of nil debet, as the general issue in an action of debt on simple contract. Nunquam prssscribitur in falso. There is never a prescription in case of falsehood. No right of prescription cau be founded upon that which is criminally false. In this maxim of the civil law, the word falso represents what is usually termed the crimen falsi (q. v. ); and the distinction intended is, that the rule which allows a defective title to be perfected by prescription does not apply where the title is founded in falso, as upon forgery of a deed.