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Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

nullum, /.

No null void

Nulla bona (no no goods within the county on which a levy could he made. Nulla* pactione effici potest ut dolus prsestetur (by no agreement can it be effected that a fraud should be maintained): no possible contract can prevent the agreement from being invahdated by fraud. Nu Uius filius: nobody's son, a bastard. Nullius in bonis: the property of no one. Nu Ulus juris: of no legal force. Nullum arbitrium: no award; v.

Nul agard

Nullum iniquum est prsesumendum in jure: nothing unjust is to be presumed in law. Nullum simile est idem: nothing similar is the same. Nullum tempus occurrit regi (no time runs against the King): no lapse of time is a bar to a right of the Crown. Nu Uus commodum capere potest de injuria sua propiria: no one can take advantage of his own wrong. Nu Uus idoneus testis in re sua intelligitur: no one is understood to be a fit witness in his own case. Nu Uus jus alienum forisfacere potest: no one can forfeit another's right. Nu Uus recedat e curia oancellaria sine remedio: let no one leave the Court of Chancery without a remedy. Nu Uus videtur dolo facere qui suo jure utitur: he is not to be esteemed a wrong-doer who avails himself of his legal rights. Numerus certus pro incerto ponitur, /. A definite number is put for an uncertain one.