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  • NON BIS IN IDEM
    Not twice for the samethat is, a man shall not be twice tried for the same crime. This maxim of the civil law (Code, 9, 2, 9, 11) expresses the same principle as the familiar rule of our law that a man shall not be twice "put in jeopardy" for More...
  • NON CEPIT
    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 is stated to have been made. Steph. PI. 157, 167.
  • NON-CLAIM
    Tbe omission or neglect of him who ought to claim his right within the time limited by law; as within a.year and a day where a continual claim was required, or within five years after a fine had been levied. Termes de la I^ey. -Covenant of non-claim. See COVENANT.
  • NON-COMBATANT
    A person connected with an army or navy, but for purposes other than fighting; such as the surgeons and chaplains. Also a neutral.
  • NON-COMMISSIONED
    A non-commissioned officer of the army or militia is a subordinate officer who holds his rank, not by commission from the executive authority of the state or nation, but by appointment by a superior officer.
  • NON COMPOS MENTIS
    Lat. Not sound of mind; Insane. This is a very general term, embracing all varieties of mental derangement See INSANITY. Coke has enumerated four different classes of persons who are deemed In law to be non compotes mentis: First, an idiot, or fool natural; second, he who was of good More...
  • NON CONCESSIT
    Lat. He did not grant The name of a plea denying a grant, which could be made only by a stranger.
  • NON-CONFORMIST
    In English law. One who refuses to comply with others; one who refuses to join in the established forms of worship. Non-conformists are of two sorts: (1) Such as absent themselves from divine worship in the Established Church through total irre-ligion, and attend the service of no other persuasion; (2) More...
  • NON CONSTAT
    Lat. It does not appear; it is not clear or evident A phrase used in general to state some conclusion as not necessarily following although it may appear on its face to follow.
  • NON-CONTINUOUS EASEMENT
    A non-apparent or discontinuous easement. Fetters v. Humphreys, 18 N. J. Eq. 262. See EASEMENT.
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