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  • NON SUI JURIS
    Lat Not his own master. The opposite of sui juris, (q. v.)
  • NON SUM INFORMATUS
    Lat I am not informed; I have not been Instructed. The name of a species of judgment by default, which is entered when the defendant's attorney announces that he is not Informed of any answer to be given by him; usually in pursuance of a previous arrangement between the parties.
  • NON-SUMMONS, WAGER OF LAW OF.
    The mode in which a tenant or defendant in a real action pleaded, when the summons which followed the original was not served within the proper time. Nom temere credere est nervus sapiential. 5 Coke, 114. Not to believe rashly is the nerve of wisdom.
  • NON TENENT INSIMUL
    Lat In pleading. A plea to an action in partition, by which the defendant denies that he and the plaintiff are joint tenants of the estate in question.
  • NON TENUIT
    Lat He did not hold. This is the name of a plea in bar in replevin, by which the plaintiff alleges that he did not hold In manner and form as averred, being given In answer to an avowry for rent in arrear. See Rose Real Act 638.
  • NON-TENURE
    A plea in a real action, by which the defendant asserts, either as to the whole or as to some part of the land mentioned in the plaintiffs declaration, that he does not hold it Pub. St. Mass. 1882, p. 1293.
  • NON-TERM
    The vacation between two terms of a court
  • NON-TERMINUS
    The vacation between term and term, formerly called the time or days of the king's peace.
  • NON-USER
    Neglect to use. Neglect to use a franchise; neglect to exercise an office. 2 Bl. Comm. 153. Neglect or omission to use an easement or other right 3 Kent, Comm. 448. A right acquired by use may be lost by non-user.
  • NON USURPAVIT
    Lat He has not usurped. A form of traverse, in an action or proceeding against one alleged to have usurped an office or franchise, denying the usurpation charged. See Com. v. Cross Cut R. Co., 53 Pa. 62. Nom valebit felonis generatio, nec ad hsereditatem paternam vel matemami si autem More...
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