Legal Term Dictionary

Inability to sue. 5 Bell, App. Gas. 172. Non valet eonnrmatio, nisi ills, qui eonfirmat, sit in possessione rei vel juris undo fieri debet eonnrmatio; et eodem mode, nisi ille cui eonnrmatio fit sit in possessione. Co. Litt 295. Confirmation is not valid unless he who confirms Is either in More...

Inability to sue. 5 Bell, App. Gas. 172. Non valet eonnrmatio, nisi ills, qui eonfirmat, sit in possessione rei vel juris undo fieri debet eonnrmatio; et eodem mode, nisi ille cui eonnrmatio fit sit in possessione. Co. Litt 295. Confirmation is not valid unless he who confirms Is either in possession of the thing itself or of the right of which confirmation is to be made, and, in like manner, unless he to whom confirmation is made is in possession. Non valet eneeptio ejnsdem rei oujns petitur dissolution A plea of the same matter the dissolution of which is sought, Is not valid. Called a "maxim of law and common sense." 2 Eden, 134. Non valet impedimentum quod de jure non sortitur eifeetum. 4 Coke, 31a. An Impediment which does not derive Its effect from law is of no force. Non verbis, sed ipsls rebus, leges im-ponimus. Cod. 6, 43, 2. We impose laws, not upon words, but upon things themselves. Non videntur qui errant eonsentire. They are not considered to consent who commit a mistake. Dig. 50, 17, 116, ? 2; Broom, Max. 262. Non videtur eonsensum retinuisse si quls ex prseseripto mlnantis aliquld immutavit. He does not appear to have retained consent, who has changed anything through menaces. Broom, Max. 278. Nom videtur perfeete eujusque id esse, quod ex casu auferri potest. That does not seem to be completely one's own which can be taken from him on occasion. Dig. 50, 17, 139, 1. Non videtur quisquam id eapere quod ei neeesse est alii restitutere. Dig. 50, 17, 51. No one is considered entitled to recover that which he must give up to another. Nom videtur vim faeere, qui jure suo utitur et ordinaria aetione experitur. He is not deemed to use force who exercises his own right, and proceeds by ordinary action. Dig. 50, 17, 155, 1. Less...

Lat He (the defendant in a criminal case) will not contest it A plea legally equivalent to that of guilty, being a variation of the form "nolo contendere," (q. v.t) and sometimes abbreviated "non vult".

Lat He (the defendant in a criminal case) will not contest it A plea legally equivalent to that of guilty, being a variation of the form "nolo contendere," (q. v.t) and sometimes abbreviated "non vult". Less...

Payments made to the church, by those who were tenants of church-farms. The first was a rent or duty for things belonging to husbandry; the second was claimed in right of the church. Wharton.

Payments made to the church, by those who were tenants of church-farms. The first was a rent or duty for things belonging to husbandry; the second was claimed in right of the church. Wharton. Less...

A ninth part of movables which was paid to the clergy on the death of persons in their parish, and claimed on pretense of being distributed to pious uses. Blount

A ninth part of movables which was paid to the clergy on the death of persons in their parish, and claimed on pretense of being distributed to pious uses. Blount Less...

In the Roman calendar. The fifth and, in March, May, July, and October, the seventh day of the month. So called because, counting Inclusively, they were nine days from the ides. Adams, Rom. Ant 355, 357.

In the Roman calendar. The fifth and, in March, May, July, and October, the seventh day of the month. So called because, counting Inclusively, they were nine days from the ides. Adams, Rom. Ant 355, 357. Less...

The neglect or failure of a person to do some act which he ought to do. The term is not generally used to denote a breach of contract, but rather the failure to perform a duty towards the public whereby some individual sustains special damage, as where a sheriff falls More...

The neglect or failure of a person to do some act which he ought to do. The term is not generally used to denote a breach of contract, but rather the failure to perform a duty towards the public whereby some individual sustains special damage, as where a sheriff falls to execute a writ Sweet See Coite v. lines, 33 Conn. 115; Gregor v. Cady, 82 Me. 131, 19 Ati. 108, 17 Am. St Rep. 466; Carr v. Kansas City (C. C.) 87 Fed. 1; Minkler v. State, 14 Neb. 181, 15 N. W. 830; Illinois Cent. R. Co. v. Foulks, 191 111. 57, 60 N. E. 890. Less...

In old ecclesiastical law. A nun. Nonnus, a monk. Spelman.

In old ecclesiastical law. A nun. Nonnus, a monk. Spelman. Less...

Unintelligible matter in a written agreement or will.

Unintelligible matter in a written agreement or will. Less...

In English law. Twelve acres and a half.

In English law. Twelve acres and a half. Less...

Opposed to exceptional; that state wherein any body most exactly comports in all its parts with the abstract idea thereof, and is most exactly fitted to perform Its proper functions, is entitled ''normal." -Normal law. A term employed by modern writers on jurisprudence to denote the law as it affects More...

Opposed to exceptional; that state wherein any body most exactly comports in all its parts with the abstract idea thereof, and is most exactly fitted to perform Its proper functions, is entitled ''normal." -Normal law. A term employed by modern writers on jurisprudence to denote the law as it affects persons who are in a normal condition; Sui Juris and sound in mind.-Normal school. See SCHOOL. Less...