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| NAIL, | | A measure of length, equal to two inches and a ... |
| NAKED | | This word is used in a metaphorical sense to denote ... |
| NAME | | . One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, ... |
| NAMES OF SHIPS | | The act of congress of December 31, 1792, concerning the registering ... |
| NAMIUM | | An old word which signifies the taking or distraining another person's ... |
| NARR, | | pleading. An abbreviation of the word narratio; a declaration in the ... |
| NARRATOR | | A pleader who draws narrs serviens narrator, a sergeant at law. ... |
| NARROW SEAS, | | English law. Those seas which adjoin the coast of England. Bac. ... |
| NATALE | | The state of condition of a man acquired by birth. ... |
| NATIONAL or PUBLIC DOMAIN | | All the property which belongs to the state is comprehended under ... |
| NATIONALITY | | The state of a person in relation to the nation ... |
| NATIONS | | Nations or states are independent bodies politic; societies of men united ... |
| NATIVES | | . All persons born within the jurisdiction of the United States, ... |
| NATURAL AFFECTION | | The affection which a husband, a father, a brother, or other ... |
| NATURAL CHILDREN | | In the phraseology of the English or American law, natural children ... |
| NATURAL DAY | | . That space of time included between the rising and the ... |
| NATURAL EQUITY | | That which is founded in natural justice, in honesty and right, ... |
| NATURAL FOOL | | . An idiot; one born without the reasoning powers, or a ... |
| NATURAL FRUITS | | The natural production of trees, bushes, and other plants, for the ... |
| NATURAL OBLIGATION, | | Civil law. One which in honor and conscience binds the person ... |
| NATURAL PRESUMPTIONS, | | evidence. Presumptions of fact; those which depend upon their own form ... |
| NATURALIZATION | | The act by which an alien is made a citizen ... |
| NATURALIZED CITIZEN | | One who, being born an alien, has lawfully become a citizen ... |
| NAUFRAGE | | French mar. law. When, by the violent agitation of the waves, ... |
| NAUTAE | | Strictly speaking, only carriers by water are comprehended under this word. ... |
| NAVAL OFFICER | | The name of an officer of the United States, whose duties ... |
| NAVICULARIS, | | civil law. He who had the management and care of ... |
| NAVIGABLE | | Capable of being navigated.
2. In law, the ... |
| NAVIGATION | | The act of traversing the sea, rivers or lakes, in ships ... |
| NAVY | | The whole shippings taken collectively, belonging to the government of an ... |
| NE BAILA PAS | | He did not deliver. This is a plea in detinue, ... |
| NE DISTURBA PAS, | | pleading. The general issue in quare impedit. Hob. 162 Vide Rast, ... |
| NE DONA PAS, or NON DEDIT, | | pleading. The general issue in formedon; and is in the following ... |
| NE EXEAT REPUBLICA, | | practice. The name of a writ issued by a court of ... |
| NE LUMINIBUS OFFICIATOR, | | civil law. The name of a servitude which restrains the owner ... |
| NE RECIPIATUR | | That it be not received. A caveat or words of caution ... |
| NE RELESSA PAS | | . The name of a replication to a plea, of ... |
| NE UNJUSTE VEXES, o | | ld Engl. law. The name of a writ which issued to ... |
| NE UNQUES ACCOUPLE, | | pleading. A plea by which the party denies that he ever ... |
| NE UNQUES EXECUTOR, | | pleading. A plea by which the party who uses it denies ... |
| NE UNQUES SEISIE QUIZ DOWER, | | pleading. A plea by which a defendant denies the right of ... |
| NE UNQUES SON RECEIVER, | | pleading. The name of a plea in an action of account ... |
| NE VARIETUR | | These words, which literally signify that it be not varied or ... |
| NEAT or NET, | | contracts. The exact weight of an article, without the bag, box, ... |
| NEATNESS, | | pleading. The statement, in apt and appropriate words, of all the ... |
| NECESSARIES | | Such things as are proper and requisite for tlie sustenance of ... |
| NECESSARY AND PROPER | | The Constitution of the United States, art. 1, s. 8, vests ... |
| NECESSARY INTROMISSION, | | Scotch law. When the husband or wife continues, after the decease ... |
| NECESSITY | | In general, whatever makes the contrary of a thing impossible, whatever ... |
| NEGATION | | Denial. Two negations are construed to mean one affirmation. Dig. 50, ... |
| NEGATIVE AVERMENT, | | pleading, evidence. An averment in some of the pleadings in a ... |
| NEGATIVE CONDITION, | | contracts, wills. One where the thing which is the subject of ... |
| NEGATIVE PREGNANT, | | pleading. Such form of negative expression, in pleading, as may imply ... |
| NEGATIVE STATUTE | | One which is enacted in negative terms, and which so controls ... |
| NEGLIGENCE, | | contracts, torts. When considered in relation, to contracts, negligence may be ... |
| NEGLIGENT ESCAPE | | . The omission to take such a care of a ... |
| NEGOTIABLE | | That which is capable of being transferred by assignment; a thing, ... |
| NEGOTIABLE PAPER, | | contracts. This term is applied to bills of exchange and promissory ... |
| NEGOTIATION, | | contracts The deliberation which takes place between the parties touching a ... |
| NEGOTIATION, | | merc. law. The act by which a bill of exchange ... |
| NEGOTIORUM GESTOR, | | contracts. In the civil law, the negotiorum gestor is one who ... |
| NEIF, | | old Eng. law. A woman who was born a villain, ... |
| NEMINE CONTRADICENTE | | legislation. These words, usually abbreviated nem. con., are used to signify ... |
| NEPHEW, | | dom. rel. The son of a person's brother or sister. ... |
| NEPOS | | A grandson. This term is used in making genealogical tables. ... |
| NEUTRAL PROPERTY, | | insurance. The words "neutral property " in a policy of insurance, ... |
| NEUTRALITY, | | international law. The state of a nation which takes no part ... |
| NEW | | Something not known before.
2. To be patented, ... |
| NEW AND USEFUL INVENTION | | This phrase is used in tlie act of congress relating to ... |
| NEW FOR OLD | | A term used in the law of insurance in cases ... |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE | | The name of one of the original states of the United ... |
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| NEW JERSEY | | The name of one of the original states of the ... |
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| NEW MATTER, | | pleading. All facts alleged in pleading, which go in avoidance of ... |
| NEW or NOVEL ASSIGNMENT, | | pleading. Declarations are conceived in very general terms, and sometimes, from ... |
| NEW PROMISE | | A contract made, after the original promise has for some cause ... |
| NEW TRIAL, | | practice, A reexamination of an issue in fact, before a court ... |
| NEW WORK | | In Louisiana, by a new work is understood every sort of ... |
| NEW YORK | | The name of one of the original states of the ... |
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| NEWLY DISCOVERED EVIDENCE | | That evidence which, after diligent search for it, was not discovered ... |
| NEWSPAPERS | | Papers for conveying news, printed and distributed periodically.
2. ... |
| NEXT FRIEND | | One who, without being regularly appointed guardian, acts for the benefit ... |
| NEXT OF KIN | | This term is used to signify the relations of a party ... |
| NEXUM, | | Rom. civ. law. Viewed as to its object and legal ... |
| NIE'@QT DEDIRE | | To say nothing.
2. These words are used ... |
| NIECE, | | domestic relations: The daughter of a person's brother or sister. Amb. ... |
| NIEF, | | old Eng. law. A woman born in vassalage. In Latin ... |
| NIENT COMPRISE | | Not included. It is an exception taken to a petition, because ... |
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