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  • NON PROSEQUITUR
    Lat If, in the proceedings in an action at law, the plaintiff neglects to take any of those steps which he ought to take within the time prescribed by the practice of the court for that purpose, the defendant may enter judgment of non pro*, against him, whereby it is More...
  • NON QUIETA MOVERE
    Lat Not to disturb what Is settled. A rule expressing the same principle as that of stare decisis, (flf. v.) Non quod dictum est, sed quod factum est inspieitur. Not what is said, but what is done, is regarded. Co. Litt. 36a. Nom refert am quia assensum suum prssf ert More...
  • NON-RESIDENCE
    Residence beyond the limits of the particular jurisdiction. In ecclesiastieal law. The absence of spiritual persons from their benefices.
  • NON-RESIDENT
    One who Is not a dweller within some jurisdiction in question; not an inhabitant of the state of the forum. Gardner v. Meeker, 169 111. 40, 48 N. E. 307; oNagel v. Loomis, 33 Neb. 490, 50 N. W. 441; Morgan v. Nunes, 54 Miss. 310. For the distinction between More...
  • NON-RESIDENTIO FRO CLERICO REGIS
    A writ, addressed to a bishop, charging him not to molest a clerk employed in the royal service, by reason of his non-residence; in which case he is to be discharged. Reg. Orig. 58. Non respondebit minor nisi in eansa dotis, et boo pro favor? doti. 4 Coke, 71. A More...
  • NON SANAE MENTIS
    Lat Of unsound mind. Fleta, lib. 6, C. 40, 1.
  • NON-SANE
    As "sane," when applied to the mind, means whole, sound, in a healthful state, "non-sane" must mean not whole, not sound, not in a healthful state; that is, broken, Impaired, shattered, Infirm, weak, diseased, unable, either from nature or accident, to perform the rational functions common to man upon the More...
  • NON SEQUITUR
    Lat It does not follow. Non solont qnss abundant vitiare serlpturas. Superfluities [things, which abound] do not usually vitiate writings Dig. 50, 17, 94. Non solum quid licet, sed quid est conveniens, est oonsidcrandum; quia nihil quod est inoonveniens est lioitum. Not only what is lawful, but what is proper More...
  • NON SOLVENDO PECUNIAM AD QUAM CLERICUS MULCTATUR PRO NON-RESIDENTIA
    A writ prohibiting an ordinary to take a pecuniary mulct imposed on a clerk of the sovereign for non-residence. Reg. Writ. 59.
  • NON SUBMISSIT
    Lat. He did not submit A plea to an action of debt on a bond to perform an award, to the effect that the defendant did not submit to the arbitration.
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