Law Dictionary

Not included.

Not guilty.

Not to deny, to default.

Not the deed.

In old pleading. Not seised. The general plea in the writ of annuity. Crabb, Hist. Eng. Law, 424.

The black book of register in the exchequer; chartularies of abbeys, cathedrals, etc.

the time from five o'clock postmeridian to eight o'clock antemeridian.

A constable of the night; the head of a watch house.

As long as a man’s face cannot be discerned by daylight. See 88 Wis. 163, 43 Am. St. Rep. 875, 59 N. W. 507.

A woman guilty of night-walking.

Persons who sleep by day and walk by night (5 Edw. III. c. 14); that is, persons of suspicious appearance and demeanor, who walk by night. Watchmen may undoubtedly arrest them; and

Strolling of the streets at night by a woman for the unlawful purpose of picking up men for lewd intercourse, whether for gain or not. See 92 Ala. 73, 25 Am. St. Rep. 22, 9 South.

The black should never depart from the red, i. e., the black text should not include more than the red title.

The black should never go bsyond the red, [i. e., the text of a statute should never be read in a sense more comprehensive than the rubric or title.] Tray. Lat. Max. 373.

NICHIL, or NIL (Lat.) Nothing. In Practice. A return made by a sheriff to a writ of scire facias, that the bail or defendants have nothing (nihil habent)_ by A return formerly made

The king can do nothing save what he can do lawfully.

Let him take nothing by his bill.

Let him take nothing by his writ.

In fn an action, either in bar or in abatement. When the plaintiff has commenced his procoedings by bill, the judgmant is nihil capiat per biliam. Co, Litt. 368. Nihil consensui ta

Nothing is so contrary to consent as force and fear.

He gives nothipg who has nothing. NIHIL DE RE ACCRESCIT El QUI NIHIL in re quando jus accresceret habet. Nothing accrues to him who, when the right accrues, has nothing in the subj

Co. Litt. 188. Nothing of a matter accrues to him who, when the right accrues, has nothing in that matter.

Nothing accrues to him in respect of a thing who when the right accrues has no interest in the thing.

He says nothing. See Judgment nihil dicit .

Nothing is said which was not said before. Said of a case where former arguments were repeated. Hardr. 464.

There is nothing. A form of refum made by a sheriff when he has been unable to serve the writ. "Although non est inventus is the more frequent return in such a case, yet it is by n

For there is nothing generous which is not at the same time just 2 Kent, Comm. 441, note a.

For there' is nothing liberal which is not at the same time just.

Nothing is more agreeable with reason than to dissolve a thing in the same manner in which it was produced.

Nothing is more consonant to reason than that a thing should be dissolved or discharged in the same way in which it was created. Shep. Touch. 323.

An error of name is of no consequence when the thing is established in substance.

11 Coke, 21. An error as to a name is nothing when there is certainty as to the person.

He has nothing. The name of a return made by a sheriff to a scire facias or other writ which he bas been unable to serve on the defendant.

The court has nothing to do with what is not before it.

He has nothing. See 164 Pa. 615, 30 Atl. 503.

The forum holds nothing beyond the stage, i. e., has nothing to do with what is not before it.

Nothing better preserves the subjects of the realm in tranquillity and concord than the due administration of the laws.

Nothing preserves in tranquillity and concord those who are subjected to the same government better than a due administration of the laws. 2 Inst 158.

Nothing is more unfair than to stretch equity too far.

Nothing is more unjust than to extend equity too far. Halk. 103.

eandem rem diverso jure censerl. Nothing in law is more intolerable than that the same case should be subject (in different courts) to different views of the law. 4 Coke, 93. NIHIL

Nothing is more intolerable in law than that the same matter should be decided differently by the court.

Nothing is more intolerable in law than that the same matter, thing or case should be subject to different views of law. 4 Coke, 93a. Applied to the difference of opinion entertain

A member of a secret association, (especially in Russia,) which is devoted to the destruction of the present political, religious, and social institutions. Webster.

Nothing is more just than that which is necessary.

Nothing is more just than that which is necessary. Dav. Ir. K. B. 12; Branch, Princ.

Nothing wicked is to be presumed. 2 P. Wms. 583. NIHIL PERFECTUM EST DUM ALIQUID restat agendum. Nothing is perfect while something remains to be done. 9 Coke, 9. NIHIL PETI POTEST

Nothing is perfect while something remains to be done.

Nothing can be demanded before the time when in the nature of things it can be paid.

We can do nothing against truth.

We can do nothing against truth. Doct & Stud, dial. 2, c. 6.

There is no prescription except for that which is possessed.

Nothing is lawful which is contrary to reason.

Nothing that is against reason is lawful. Co. Litt 97b.

Nothing which is inconvenient is lawful.

Nothing is discovered and perfected at the same time.

Co. Litt. 230. Nothing la invented and perfected at the same moment.

Nothing is so agreeable to natural equity as that the will of an owner desiring to convey his property to another should have ratification.

QUAM EO genere quidque dissolvere, quo colligatum est. Nothing is so natural as that an obligation should be dissolved by the same principles which were observed in contracting it.

Nothing is so natural as that anything should be released in the same fashion as it was contracted.

Nothing is so agreeable to government as to live according to the laws.

Nothing is so agreeable to natural equity as that each thing should be undone by means of the same bonds with which it was bound.

Nothing is so consonant to natural equity as that a thing shouid be dissolved by the same means by which it was bound. 2 Inst. 359; Broom, Max. 877.

1 Coke, 100. Nothing is so consonant to natural equity as to regard the intention of the owner in transferring his own property to another.

Nothing is so natural as to dissolve anything in the way in which it was bound together; therefore the obligation of words is taken away by words; the obligation of mere consent is

Nothing.

An example does no good which settles a controversy with a controversy. See 15 Wend. (N. Y.) 44.

An example does no good which settles one question by another. Hatch v. Mann, 15 Wend. (N. Y.) 44, 49.

See Judgment of nil capiat per billam .

See Judgment of nil capiat per breve .

He owes nothing. Same as Never indebted.

A mistake in the name does not matter when the body or person ls manifest. 11 Coke, 21/; Broom, Max. 634.

An error of name is of no consequence when the thing is established in substance.

He has no interest in the tenement.

nichil, nil, I. Nothing; the general name returns upon process, v. Nil. Nihil dictum prius: nothing is said which was not said before, where former arguments were repeated. Nihil c

of nihil, I. Nothing. Nil capiat, or quod nil capiat per breve: that he take nothing by his writ: a name given to the judgment for the defendant in an action where the issue has ar

Nothing bound; that is, no obligation has been incurred. Tray. Lat. Max.

Nothing bound; that is,no obligation has been incurred. ‘Tray. Lat. Max. Nil sine prudenti fecit ratione vetustas. Antiquity did nothing without a good Treason. Co. Litt. 65. Nil t

Nothing is so opposed to consent as force and fear. Dig. 50, 17, 116.

Antiquity did nothing without a good reason. Co.. Litt 65.

Antiquity did nothing without a prudent reason.

Nothing should be rashly changed.' N. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 163. NIMIA CERTITUDO CERTITUDINEM IPsam destruit. Too great certainty destroys certainty itself. Lofft, 244. NIMIA SUBTILITAS

Too great certainty destroys certainty itself.

Too great subtlety is disapproved in law.

Too great subtlety is disapproved in law, and such subtlety confuses certainty with certainty.

VERITAS amittitur. By too much altercation, truth is lost. Hob. 344.

Truth is lost in too much altercation.

A thief; a pilferer. NISI (Lat. unless). A word frequently affixed to the words "order," "rule," etc., to indicate that such order or rule is conditional, being operative unless th

The term “NIOC” means the National Iranian Oil Company.

Unless; if not.

Unless you should do it.

Unless before; a jury trial of issues of fact before a single judge; the court held by a judge on his circuit. See 3 BL Comm. 58.

In practice. A clause entered on the record in an action at law, authorizing the trial of the cause at nisi prius in the particular county designated. It was first used by way of c

In practice. The transcript of a case made from the record of the superior court in which the action is commenced, for use in the nisi prius court. It includes a history of all the

Assize, Nisi Prius), and Terminer, succeeded the eyre. These Assizes are the jury cases by a jury of the county; formerly in the vacations after county except Middlesex; 1;wo appoi

The old name of the writ of venire, which originally, in pursuance of the statute of Westminster II., contained the nisi prius clause. Reg. Jud. 28, 75; Cowell. The clause, however

The term “NIST” means the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Or, as otherwise stated, insanity is such a sinte of mental derangement that the subject is incompetent of having a criminal intent, or incapable of so controlling his will as to a

The term “NITC” means the National Iranian Tanker Company.

Scotch law. Before a witness can be examined inchief, he may be examined with regard to his. disposition, whether he bear good or ill will towards either ofthe parties; whether he