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NON-MAILABLE
A term applied to all letters and parcels which are by law excluded from transportation in the United States malls, whether on account of the size of the package, the nature of its contents, its obscene character, or for other reasons. See U. S. v. Nathan (D. C.) 61 Fed. More...

A term applied to all letters and parcels which are by law excluded from transportation in the United States malls, whether on account of the size of the package, the nature of its contents, its obscene character, or for other reasons. See U. S. v. Nathan (D. C.) 61 Fed. 936. Less...
NON MERCHANDIZANDA VICTUALIA
An ancient writ addressed to justices of assize, to inquire whether the magistrates of a town sold victuals In gross or by retail during the time of their being in office, which was contrary to an obsolete statute; and to punish them if they did. Reg. Orig. 184.

An ancient writ addressed to justices of assize, to inquire whether the magistrates of a town sold victuals In gross or by retail during the time of their being in office, which was contrary to an obsolete statute; and to punish them if they did. Reg. Orig. 184. Less...
NON MOLESTANDO
A writ that lay for a person who was molested contrary to the king's protection granted to him. Reg. Orig. 184. Non nasei, et natnm ntori, paria snnt. Not to be born, and to be dead-born, are the same.

A writ that lay for a person who was molested contrary to the king's protection granted to him. Reg. Orig. 184. Non nasei, et natnm ntori, paria snnt. Not to be born, and to be dead-born, are the same. Less...
NON-NEGOTIABLE
Not negotiable; not capable of passing title or property by indorsement and delivery. Non obligat lex nisi promulgate. A law is not obligatory unless it be promulgated. Non observata forma, infertnr adnul-latio aetns. Where form is not observed, an annulling of the act is inferred or follows. 12 Coke, 7.

Not negotiable; not capable of passing title or property by indorsement and delivery. Non obligat lex nisi promulgate. A law is not obligatory unless it be promulgated. Non observata forma, infertnr adnul-latio aetns. Where form is not observed, an annulling of the act is inferred or follows. 12 Coke, 7. Less...
NON OBSTANTE
Lat Notwithstanding. Words anciently used in public and private instruments, intended to preclude, In advance, any interpretation contrary to certain declared objects or purposes. Burrill. A clause frequent in old English statutes and letters patent, (so termed from its initial words,) importing a license from the crown to do a More...

Lat Notwithstanding. Words anciently used in public and private instruments, intended to preclude, In advance, any interpretation contrary to certain declared objects or purposes. Burrill. A clause frequent in old English statutes and letters patent, (so termed from its initial words,) importing a license from the crown to do a thing which otherwise a person would be restrained by act of parliament from doing. Crabb, Com. Law, 570; Plowd 501; Cowell. A power In the crown to dispense with the laws in any particular case. This was abolished by the bill of rights at the Revolution. 1 Bl. Comm. 342. -Non obstante veredioto. Notwithstanding the verdict A judgment entered by order or court for the plaintiff, although there has been a verdict for the defendant is so called. German Ins. Co. v. Frederick, 58 Fed. 144, 7 C. C. A. 122; Wentworth v. Wentworth, 2 Minn. 282 (Gil. 238), 72 Am. Dec. 97; Hill v. Ragland, 114 Ky. 209, 70 S. W. 634. Non offioit oonatns nisi seqnatnr ef-foetus. An attempt does not harm unless a consequence follow. 11 Coke, 98. Less...
NON OMITTAS
A clause usually inserted in writs of execution, in England, directing the sheriff "not to omit" to execute the writ by reason of any liberty, because there are many liberties or districts in which the sheriff has no power to execute process unless he has special authority. 2 Steph. Comm. More...

A clause usually inserted in writs of execution, in England, directing the sheriff "not to omit" to execute the writ by reason of any liberty, because there are many liberties or districts in which the sheriff has no power to execute process unless he has special authority. 2 Steph. Comm. 680. Nam omne damnum induoit injuriam. It is not every loss that produces an injury. Bract fol. 45b. Nom omne quod lieot bonestum est. It is not everything which is permitted that Is honorable. Dig. 50, 17, 144; Howell v. Baker, 4 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 121. Norn omnium qnst a majoribus nostris constitute sunt ratio reddi potest. There cannot be given a reason for all the things which have been established by our ancestors. Branch, Princ.; 4 Coke, 78; Broom, Max. 157. Less...
NONPAYMENT
The neglect, failure, or refusal of payment of a debt or evidence of debt when due.

The neglect, failure, or refusal of payment of a debt or evidence of debt when due. Less...
NON-PERFORMANCE
Neglect, failure, or refusal to do or perform an act stipulated to be done. Failure to keep the terms of a contract or covenant, in respect to acts or doings agreed upon. Non pertinet ad jndioem seoularem eognoseere de lis qna snnt mere spi-ritualia annexe. 2 Inst 488. It belongs More...

Neglect, failure, or refusal to do or perform an act stipulated to be done. Failure to keep the terms of a contract or covenant, in respect to acts or doings agreed upon. Non pertinet ad jndioem seoularem eognoseere de lis qna snnt mere spi-ritualia annexe. 2 Inst 488. It belongs not to the secular judge to take cognizance of things which are merely spiritual. Less...
NON-PLEVIN
In old English law. De* fault In not replevying land In due time, when the same was taken by the king upon a default The consequence thereof Goes of seisin) was abrogated by St. 9 Edw. III. c. 2.

In old English law. De* fault In not replevying land In due time, when the same was taken by the king upon a default The consequence thereof Goes of seisin) was abrogated by St. 9 Edw. III. c. 2. Less...
NON PONENDIS IN ASSISIS ET JURATIS
A writ formerly granted for freeing and discharging persons from serving on assizes and juries. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 165. Non possessor! inoumbit neoessitas proband! possessiones ad se pertinere. A person in possession is not bound to prove that the possessions belong to him. Broom, Max. 714. Non potest adduei exceptio More...

A writ formerly granted for freeing and discharging persons from serving on assizes and juries. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 165. Non possessor! inoumbit neoessitas proband! possessiones ad se pertinere. A person in possession is not bound to prove that the possessions belong to him. Broom, Max. 714. Non potest adduei exceptio ejus re! eujus petitur dissolutio. An exception of the same thing whose avoidance is sought cannot be made. Broom, Max. 166. Non potest probari quod probatum nom relevat. 1 Exch. 91, 92. That cannot be proved which, if proved, is Immaterial. Non potest quia sine brevi agero. No one can sue without a writ Fleta, lib. 2, c. 13, $ 4. A fundamental rule of old practice, Nom potest rex gratiam facere cum injuria et damno aliorum. The king cannot confer a favor on one subject which occasions injury and loss to others. 3 Inst 236; Broom, Max. 63. Non potest rex subditum renitcntcm oner are impositiouibus. The king cannot load a subject with Imposition against his consent 2 Inst. 61. Non potest videri desisse habere qui nunquam babuit. He cannot be considered as having ceased to have a thing who never had it Dig. 50, 17, 208. Less...

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