Law Dictionary

Names are the symbols of things. NOMINA VILLARUM (Lat.) Names of the villages. The name of a return made names of all the villages and their possessors in every county. Cowell; Blo

To appoint. Applied in this sense to the designation by a person of one to act as fiduciary or personal representative. Thus it is the customary term in designating the executor by

A contract distinguished by a particular name, the use of which name determines the rights of all the parties to the contract; as, purchase and sale, hiring, partnership, loan for

In the civil law. Contracts having a proper or peculiar name and form, and which were divided into four kinds, expressive of the ways in which they were formed, viz.: (1) Real, whi

The term “nominated area” means an area which is nominated by 1 or more local governments and the State or States in which it is located for designation under section 1391.

Lat. By name; expressed one by one.

A mode of obtaining a panel of special jurors in England, from which to select the jury to try a particular action. The proceeding solicitors. Numbers denoting the persons on the s

Lat In Roman law. A form of plea or defense in aD action for the recovery of real estate, by which the defendant, sued as the person apparently in possession, alleges that he holds

By name.

In English ecclesiastical law. The rights of nominating and of presenting to a living are distinct, and may reside in different persons. Presentation is the offering a clerk to the

Lat. A nominative case grammatically unconnected with the rest of the sentence in which it stands. The opening words in the ordinary form of a deed inter partes, "This indenture,"

In Roman law. Obligations contracted by literæ (ie, Uteris obligationes) were so called because they arose from a peculiar transfer (transcriptio) from the creditor's day-book (adv

In English law. An account of the names of all the vlllages and the possessors thercof, in each county, drawn up by several sheriffs, (9 Edw. II.J and returned by them into the exc

Lat. By name; by the name of; under the name or designation of.

Under the name or head of damages.

One who has been nominated. See "Nominate."

contracts, is the name of a penalty incurred by the lessee to the lessor, for the nonpayment of rent at the day appointed by the lease or agreement for its though it may be any thi

In' the name of a penalty. In the civil law, a legacy was said to be left nomine pœnœ where it was left for the purpose of coercing the heir to do or not to do something. Inst. 2,

Under the name or head of a penalty.

Breve. L. Lat. A writ respecting identity of name. A writ which anciently lay for one who was taken and arrested in any personal action, and committed to prison for another of the

(1) A collection of canons and imperial laws relative or conformable thereto. The first nomocanon was made by Johannes Scholasticus in 554. Photius, patriarch of Constantinople, in

One who writes on the subject of laws.

A treatise or description of laws.

A lawgiver; such as Solon and Lycurgus among the Greeks, and Caesar, Pompey, and Sylla among the Romans.,Calv. Lex. NON (Lat.) Not; no. NON ACCEPTAVIT (Lat. he did not accept). In

Not; no.

The term "non-9/11 victim of state sponsored terrorism" means a United States person who has an eligible claim under subsection (c) that is unrelated to the acts of inter

Legal incapacity.

Want of ability to do an act in law, as to sue. A plea founded upon such cause. Cowell.

The refusal to accept anything.

He did not accept.

The nonexistence of sexual intercourse between a husband and wife is generally expressed by the words "nonaccess of the husband to the wife;" which expressions, in a case of bastar

The non-existence of sexual intercourse between husband and wife is generally expressed by the words non-access of the husband to the wife; which expressions, in a case of bastardy

Words ought not to be taken in a false descriptive sense which are competent to describe a true limitation.

Words ought not to be taken to import a false demonstration which may have effect by way of true limitation. Bac. Max. p. 59, reg. 13; Broom, Max. 642.

It did not accrue within six years.

A forbearance from action; the contrary to act.

The term “nonactionable subsidy” means a subsidy described in Article 8.1(b) of the Subsidies Agreement.

The refusal of admission.

For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “nonadmitted financial asset” means any nonadmitted asset of the company which is— (i) a bond, (ii) stock, (iii) real estate, (iv) a mort

The term “nonadmitted insurance” means any property and casualty insurance permitted to be placed directly or through a surplus lines broker with a nonadmitted insurer eligible to

The term “Non-Admitted Insurance Model Act” means the provisions of the Non-Admitted Insurance Model Act, as adopted by the NAIC on August 3, 1994, and amended on September 30, 199

The term “nonadmitted insurer”— (A) means, with respect to a State, an insurer not licensed to engage in the business of insurance in such State; but (B) does not include a risk re

For purposes of this subpart, the term “nonadverse party” means any person who is not an adverse party.

Nones, which see.

The term “non-affiliated” refers to a seller who does not control, and is not controlled by or under common control with, the buyer.

For purposes of this paragraph, the term "nonaffiliated 10-percent owned corporation" means any corporation if— (i) such corporation is not included in the taxpayer's aff

The term “nonaffiliated EMS organization” means a public or private nonprofit emergency medical services organization that is not affiliated with a hospital and does not serve a ge

The term “nonaffiliated third party” means any entity that is not an affiliate of, or related by common ownership or affiliated by corporate control with, the financial institution

By this term is understood that period of life from the birth till the arrival of twenty-one years. In another sense, it means under the proper age to be of ability to do a particu

Not of age; infancy.

or NONAGE. A ninth part of movables which was paid to the clergy on the death of persons in their parish, and claimed on pretense of being distributed to pious uses. Blount.

A ninth part of movables which was paid to the clergy on the death of persons In their parish, and claimed on pretense of being (Be-tributed to pious uses. Blount.

quam secundum quod se habet condemnatio. A person may not be punished differently than according to what the sentence enjoins. 3 Inst. 217. NON ALITER A SIGNIFICATIONE VERborum rec

One should not be punished in any other manner than according to that which the sentence provides.

The meaning of the words ought not to be departed from unless it is manifest that the testator intended otherwise.

We must never depart from the signification of words, unless it is evident that they are not conformable to the will of the testator. Dig. 32, 69, pr.; Broom, Max. 568.

For purposes of this subsection, the term “nonallocable receipts” means receipts which are allocable to— (A) carryout sales, or (B) services with respect to which a service charge

The term "nonallocation period" means the period beginning on the date of the sale of the qualified securities and ending on the later of— (i) the date which is 10 years

The term “nonallocation year” means any plan year of an employee stock ownership plan if, at any time during such plan year— (i) such plan holds employer securities consisting of s

The term “nonallowable interest costs” means interest costs incurred by a producer as a result of an interest rate that exceeds the applicable Federal Government interest rate for

A discontinuous easement. See "Apparent Easement."

Such as have no means specially constructed or appropriated to their enjoyment, and that are enjoyed at intervals, leaving between those intervals no visible sign of their existenc

A failure of appearance; the omission of the defendant to appear within the time limited.

In this section, the term “nonappropriated fund instrumentality” means the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, Navy Exchange Service Command, Marine Corps exchanges, or any other

The term “nonappropriated fund instrumentality employee” has the meaning given that term in section 1587(a)(1) of this title . / The term “nonappropriated fund instrumentality empl

The term “nonappropriated funds” means funds received from— (A) the adjustment of, or surcharge on, selling prices at commissary stores fixed under section 2685 of this title ; or

The term “non-Army entity” includes the following: (A) A Federal agency (other than the Department of the Army). (B) An entity in industry or commercial sales. (C) A State or polit

This word, placed upon a certificate of stock, does not cancel or impair the obligation to pay the amount due upon the shares created by the acceptance and holding of such certific

natural gas which is not produced in association with crude oil.

The general issue in an action of assumpsit.

(Lat. he has not undertaken within six years). In pleading. The plea by which, when pleadings were in Latin, the defendant alleged that the obligation was not undertaken and the ri

Nonattainment area.—The term “nonattainment area” means, for any air pollutant, an area which is designated “nonattainment” with respect to that pollutant within the meaning of sec

The term “non-audit services” means any professional services provided to an issuer by a registered public accounting firm, other than those provided to an issuer in connection wit

One who wishes to perish ought not to be heard. Best, Ex. § 385.

Not admitting of bail; not requiring bail.

The term “nonbank entity” means a person that is not a depository institution or subsidiary of a depository institution.

The term “nonbank financial company” means a U.S. nonbank financial company and a foreign nonbank financial company.

The term “nonbank financial company supervised by the Board” means a nonbank financial company supervised by the Board of Governors, as defined in section 5311 of this title .

The term “nonbank financial company supervised by the Board of Governors” means a nonbank financial company that the Council has determined under section 5323 of this title shall b

“non-basic benefits” means benefits guaranteed under section 1322(c) 1 of this title or 1322a(g) of this title;

The term "non-BIA program" means all or a portion of a program, function, service, or activity that is administered by any bureau, service, office, or agency of the Depar

In civil law. A phrase which signifies that no one shall be twice tried for the same offense; that is, that when a party accused has been once tried by a tribunal in the last resor

For purposes of this section, the term “nonbroadcast telecommunications facilities” includes, but is not limited to, cable television systems, communications satellite systems and

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “nonbusiness assets” means assets held for investment.

Congress was designed to make full deductibility of a bad debt turn upon its proximate connection with activities which the tax laws recognized as a trade or business, a concept wh

a debt other than a debt evidenced by a security as defined in paragraph (3) and other than a debt the loss from the worthlessness of which is incurred in the taxpayer's trade or b

a debt other than— (A) a debt created or acquired (as the case may be) in connection with a trade or business of the taxpayer; or (B) a debt the loss from the worthlessness of whic

The term “noncampus building or property” means— (I) any building or property owned or controlled by a student organization recognized by the institution; and (II) any building or

The term “noncarcass merit premium” means an increase in the base price of the swine offered by an individual packer or packing plant, based on any factor other than the characteri

“noncareer appointee” means an individual in a Senior Executive Service position who is not a career appointee, a limited term appointee, or a limited emergency appointee;

The term “noncash item” means— (A) a check or other demand item to which a passbook, certificate, or other document is attached; (B) a check or other demand item which is accompani

He did not take. The general issue in replevin, where the action is for the wrongful taking of the property; putting in issue not only the taking, but the place in which the taking

He did not take in the manner and form (alleged).

An omission or neglect by one entitled to make a demand within the time limited by law; as, when a continual claim ought to be made, a neglect to make such claim within a year and

Same as Nonclaim.

In old English law. The omission or neglect of one who ought to challenge his right within a time limited, by which neglect he was barred of his right or of his entry.

For purposes of this section, the term “nonclinical test” means a test conducted in vitro, in silico, or in chemico, or a nonhuman in vivo test, that occurs before or during the cl

A person connected with an army or navy, but for purposes other than fighting; such as the sUrgcons and chaplains. Also a neutral.

The term “noncommercial educational broadcast station” means a television broadcast station that is a noncommercial educational broadcast station as defined in section 397 of the C

“noncommercial education broadcasting entities” means any noncommercial educational broadcasting station (and/or its legal nonprofit affiliates) as defined and licensed by the Fede