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  • DE NON DECIMANDO
    Of not paying tithes. A term applied in English ecclesiastical law to a prescription or claim to be entirely discharged of tithes, and to pay ho compensation in lieu of them. 2 Bl. Comm. 31.
  • DE NON PROCEDENDO AD ASSISAM
    A writ forbidding the justices from holding an assise In a particular case. Reg. Orig. 221.
  • DE NON RESIDENTIA CLERICI REGIS
    An ancient writ where a parson was employed in the royal service, etc., to excuse and discharge him of non-residence. 2Jtast 264.
  • DE NON SANE MEMORIE
    L. Fr. Of unsound memory or mind; a phrase synonymous with non compos mentis.
  • DE NOVI OPERIS NUNCIATIONE
    In the civii law. A form of interdict or Injunction which lies in some cases where the defendant is about to erect a "new work" (q. v.) in derogation or injury of the plaintiff's rights.
  • DE NOVO
    Anew; afresh; a second time. A venire de novo is a writ for summoning a Jury for the second trial of a case which has been sent back from above for a new trial. De nullo, quod est sua natura indi-visibile, et divlsionem non patitur, nullum partem babebit vidua, sod More...
  • DE ODIO ET ATIA
    A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to inquire whether a prisoner charged with murder was committed upon just cause of suspicion, or merely propter odium et atiam, (through hatred and ill will;) and if, upon the inquisition, due cause of suspicion did not appear, then there issued another More...
  • DE OFFICE
    L. Fr. Of office; in virtue of office; officially; in the discharge of ordinary duty.
  • DE ONERANDO PRO RATA PORTIONE
    Writ for charging according to a rateable proportion. A writ which lay for a joint tenant or tenant in common, who was distrained for more rent than his proportion of the land came to. Reg. Orig. 182; Fitzh. Nat Brev. 234, H.
  • DE PACE ET LEGALITATE TENENDA
    For keeping the peace, and for good behavior.
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