Legal Term Dictionary

The deliberation, discussion, or conference upon the terms of a proposed agreement; the act of settling or arranging the terms and conditions of a bargain, sale, or other business transaction. Also the transfer of, or act of putting into circulation, a negotiable instrument

The deliberation, discussion, or conference upon the terms of a proposed agreement; the act of settling or arranging the terms and conditions of a bargain, sale, or other business transaction. Also the transfer of, or act of putting into circulation, a negotiable instrument Less...

Lat. In the civil law. Literally, a doing of business or businesses. A species of spontaneous agency, or an interference by one in the affairs of another, in his absence, from benevolence or friendship, and without authority. 2 Kent, Comm. 616, note; Inst. 3, 28, 1.

Lat. In the civil law. Literally, a doing of business or businesses. A species of spontaneous agency, or an interference by one in the affairs of another, in his absence, from benevolence or friendship, and without authority. 2 Kent, Comm. 616, note; Inst. 3, 28, 1. Less...

Lat In the civil law. A transacter or manager of business; a person voluntarily constituting himself agent for another; one who, without any mandate or authority, assumes to take charge of an affair or concern for another person, in the latter's absence, but for his interest. One who spontaneously, and More...

Lat In the civil law. A transacter or manager of business; a person voluntarily constituting himself agent for another; one who, without any mandate or authority, assumes to take charge of an affair or concern for another person, in the latter's absence, but for his interest. One who spontaneously, and without the knowledge or consent of.the owner, Intermeddles with his property, as to do work on it, or to carry it to another place, etc. Story, Bailm, $ 189. Less...

The word, "negro" means a black man, one descended from the African race, and does not commonly include a mulatto. Felix v. State, 18 Ala. 720. But tbe laws of the different states are not uniform in this respect, some including in the description "negro" one who has one-eighth or More...

The word, "negro" means a black man, one descended from the African race, and does not commonly include a mulatto. Felix v. State, 18 Ala. 720. But tbe laws of the different states are not uniform in this respect, some including in the description "negro" one who has one-eighth or more of African blood. Less...

In old English law. A woman who was born a villein, or a bondwoman.

In old English law. A woman who was born a villein, or a bondwoman. Less...

A place near; an adjoining or surrounding district; a more immediate vicinity; vicinage. See Langley v. Barnstead, 63 N. H. 246; Madison v. Mor-rlstown Gaslight Co., 65 N. J. Eq. 356, 54 Atl. 439; Rice v. Sims, 3 HiU (S. C.) 5; Lindsay Irr. Co. v. Mehrtens, 97 Cal. 676, More...

A place near; an adjoining or surrounding district; a more immediate vicinity; vicinage. See Langley v. Barnstead, 63 N. H. 246; Madison v. Mor-rlstown Gaslight Co., 65 N. J. Eq. 356, 54 Atl. 439; Rice v. Sims, 3 HiU (S. C.) 5; Lindsay Irr. Co. v. Mehrtens, 97 Cal. 676, 32 Pac. 802; State v. Henderson, 29 W. Va. 147, 1 S. E. 225; Peters v. Bourneau, 22 111. App. 177. Less...

An abbreviated form of docket entry, meaning that, by agreement, neither of the parties will further appear in court in that suit Gendron v. Hovey, 98 Me. 139, 56 Ati. 583.

An abbreviated form of docket entry, meaning that, by agreement, neither of the parties will further appear in court in that suit Gendron v. Hovey, 98 Me. 139, 56 Ati. 583. Less...

In Swedish and Gothic law. A jury. 3 Bl. Comm. 349, 350.

In Swedish and Gothic law. A jury. 3 Bl. Comm. 349, 350. Less...

Lat No one dissenting; no one voting in the negative. A phrase used to indicate the unanimous consent of a court or legislative body to a judgment, resolution, vote, or motion. Commonly abbreviated "new. con." Neminem oportet esse sapientiorem legibus. Co. Litt 97b. No man ought to be wiser than More...

Lat No one dissenting; no one voting in the negative. A phrase used to indicate the unanimous consent of a court or legislative body to a judgment, resolution, vote, or motion. Commonly abbreviated "new. con." Neminem oportet esse sapientiorem legibus. Co. Litt 97b. No man ought to be wiser than the laws. Less...

Lat No one; no man. The initial word of many Latin phrases and maxima, among which are the following: Nemo admittendus est inhabilitare seipsum. Jenk. Cent 40. No man is to be admitted to incapacitate himself. Nemo agit in seipsum. No man acts against himself. Jenk. Cent p. 40, case More...

Lat No one; no man. The initial word of many Latin phrases and maxima, among which are the following: Nemo admittendus est inhabilitare seipsum. Jenk. Cent 40. No man is to be admitted to incapacitate himself. Nemo agit in seipsum. No man acts against himself. Jenk. Cent p. 40, case 76. A man cannot be a judge and a party in his own cause. Id.; Broom, Max. 216fk Nemov alien* rei, sine satiadatione, defensor idoneus intelligitur. No man is considered a competent defender of another's property, without security. A rule of the Roman law, applied in part In admiralty cases. 1 Curt. 202. Nemo aliono nomine lege agere potest. No one can sue in the name of another. Dig. 50, 17, 12a Nemo allegans 8 nam turpltudinem est audiendus. No one alleging his own baseness is to be heard. The courts of law have properly rejected this as a rule of evidence. 7 Term R. 601. Nemo bis punitur pro eodem. delicto* No man is punished twice for the same offense. 4 BL Comm. 315; 2 Hawk. P. C. 377. Nemo cogitation!* poenam patitur. No one suffers punishment on account of his thoughts. Tray. Lat Max. 362. Nemo oogitur rem nam vender e, etiam jnsto pretio. No man is compelled to sell his own property, even for a just price. 4 Inst 275. Nemo contra faotnm suum venire potest. No man can contravene or contradict his own deed. 2 Inst 66. The principle of estoppel by deed. Best, Ev. p. 408, I 370. Nemo dare potest qnod non habet. No man can give that which he has not Fleta, lib. SVc 15, | a Nemo dat qui non habet. He who hath not cannot give, Jenk. Cent 250; Broom, Max. 490n; 6 C B. (N. S.) 478. Nemo de domo sna entrant potest. No . one can be dragged out of his own house. In other words, every man's house is his castle. Dig. 50, 17, 108. Nemo debot bis pnniri pro nno delicto. No man ought to be punished twice for one offense. 4 Coke, 43a; 11 Coke, 59b. No - man shall be placed in peril of legal penalties more than once upon the same accusation. Broom, Max. 348. Nemo debet bis vexari [at oonstet en-rial qnod sit] pro una ot eadem eansa. No man ought to be twice troubled or harassed [if it appear to the court that it is] for one and the same cause. 5 Coke, 61a. No man can be sued a second time for the same cause of action, if once judgment has been rendered. See Broom, Max. 327, 348. No man can be held to bail a second time at the suit of the same plaintiff for the same cause of action. 1 Chit Archb. Pr. 476. Nemo debet esse Judex ia propria causa. No man ought to be a judge in his own cause. 12 Coke, 114a. A maxim derived from the civil law. Cod. 3, 5. Called a "fundamental rule of reason and of natural justice." Burrows, Sett Cas. 194, 197. Nemo debet immisoere se rei ad se nihil pertinent!. No one should intermeddle with a thing that in no respect concerns him. Jenk. Cent p. 18, case 32. Nemo debet in oommunione invitus teneri. No one should be retained in a partnership against his will. Selden .v. Verinllya, 2 Sandf. (N. T.) 568, 59$; United Ins. Co. v. Scott, 1 Johns. (N. Y.) 106, 114. Nemo debot locupletari allena jactura. No one ought to be enriched by another's loss. Dig. 6, 1, 48, 65 ; 2 Kent, Comm. 336.; 1 Karnes, Eq. 331. Nemo debet locupletari en alterius in-oommodo. No one ought to be made rich out of another's loss. Jenk. Cent 4; Taylor v. Baldwin, 10 Barb. (N. Y.) 626, 633. Nemo debet rem suam sine facto aut defeetu suo amittere. No man ought to lose his property without his own act or default Co. Litt. 263a. Nemo duobus utatur officii*. ? Inst 100. No one should hold two offices, i. e" at the same time. Nemo ejusdem tenement! simul potest esse nacres et dominus. No one can at the same time be the heir and the owner of the same tenement See 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 106. Nemo enlm aliquant partem reete im-telligere posait antequam totum iterum atque iterum perlegerit. No one is able rightly to understand one part before he has again and again read through the whole. Broom, Max. 593. Nemo est hseres riventia. No one is the heir of a living person. Co. Litt 8a, 22b. No one can be heir during the life of his ancestor. Broom, Max. 522, 523. No person can be the actual "complete heir of another till the ancestor is previously dead. 2 Bl. Comm. 208. Nemo est supra leges. No one is abov.e the law. Lofft, 142. Nemo ex alterius facto prsegravari debet. No man ought to be burdened in consequence of another's act 2 Kent, Comm. 646. Nemo ex oonsilio obligator. No man is bound in consequence of his advice. Mere advice wiU not create the obligation of a mandate. Story, Bailm. f 155. Nemo ex dolo suo proprio relevetur, aut auxilium capiat. Let no one be relieved or gain an advantage by his own fraud. A civil law maxim. Nemo ex proprio dolo eonsequitur actionem. No one maintains an action arising out of his own wrong. Broom, Max. 297. .Nemo ex .suo delicto melloremo suam oonditionem facere potest. - No one can make his condition better by his own misdeed. Dig. 50, 17, 134, L Nemo in propria eansa testis esse debet. No one ought to be a witness in his own cause. 3 Bl. Comm. 371. Nemo Inanditns oondemnari debet si non sit oontumax. No man ought to be condemned without being heard unless he be contumacious., Jenk. Cent p. 18, case 12, in marg. Nemo jns sibi dieere potest. No one can declare the law for himself. No one is entitled to take the law Into his own hands. Tray. Lat Max. 366. Nemo militans Deo implleetnr see-nlaribns negotiis. No man who is warring for [in the service of] God should be involved In secular matters. Co. Litt. 70b. A principle of the old law that men of religion were not bound to go in person with the king to war. o Nemo nascitnr artifen. Co. Litt 07. No one Is born an artificer. Nemo patriam in qna natns est exnere, neo ligeantia* debitum ejurare possit. No man can renounce the country in which he was born, nor abjure the obligation of his allegiance. Co. Litt. 129a; Broom, Max. 75; Post Cr. Law, 184. Nemo plus eommodi bssredi suo relln-quit qnam ipse babuit. No one leaves a greater benefit to his heir than he had himself. Dig. 50, 17, 120. Nemo plus juris ad alium transferre potest qnam ipse babet. No one can transfer more right to another than he has himself. Dig. 50, 17, 54; Broom, Max. 467, 469. Nemo potest contra recordum verin-care per patriam. No one can verify by the country against a record. 2 Inst 380. The issue upon matter of record cannot be to the jury. A maxim of old practice. Nemo potest esse dominus et bssres. No man can be both owner and heir. Hale, Com. Law, c. 7. Nemo potest esse simul actor et Judex. No one can be at once suitor and judge. Broom, Max. 117. Nemo potest esse ten ens et dominus. No man can be both tenant and lord [of the same tenement] Glib. Ten. 142. Nemo potest facere per frVu?- quod per se non potest. No one can do that by another which he cannot do of himself. Jenk. Cent. p. 237, case 14. A rule said to hold in original grants, but not In descents; as where an office descended to a woman, in which case, though she could not exercise the office in person, she might by deputy. Id. Nemo potest faeere per obliquum quod non potest f aoere per directum. No man can do that Indirectly which he cannot do directly. 1 Eden, 512. Nemo potest mutare consilium suum in alterius injuriam. No man can change his purpose to another's Injury. Dig. 50, 17, 75; Broom, Max. 34. Nemo potest plus Juris ad alium $ transferre qnam ipse babet. Co. Litt. 300; Wing. Max. 56. No one can transfer a greater right to another than he himself has. Nemo potest sibi debere. No one can owe to himself. Nemo prsBsens nisi intelligat. One is not present unless he understands. Nemo prsBsnmltur alienam posterita-tern suss prsstulisse. No man is presumed to have preferred another's posterity to his own. Wing. Max. p. 285, max. 79. Nemo prsBSumitur donare. No one is presumed to give. Haren v. Foster, 9 Pick. (Mass.) 128, 19 Am. Dec. 353. Nemo prasuanlvur esse immemor sust SBternss salutis, et maxime in articulo mortis. 6 Coke, 76. No one is presumed to be forgetful of his own eternal welfare, and particularly at the point of death. Nemo prsesumitur ludere in extremis. No one is presumed to trifle at the point of death. Nemo prsasumitur malms. No one is presumed to be bad. Nemo prohlbetur plures negotiations* sive artes exereere. No one is prohibited from following several kinds of business or several arts. 11 Coke, 54a. The common law doth not prohibit any person from using several arts or mysteries at his pleasure. Id. Nemo prohlbetur pluribus defemaloa-Ibus uti. Co. Litt 304a. No one is prohibited from making use of several defenses. Nemo pmdens punit ut prssteritn revocentur, sed ut futura prsBveniantur. No wise man punishes in order that past things may be recalled, but that future wrongs may be prevented. 2 Bulst 173. Nemo punitur pro aliano delicto. Wing. Max. 836. No one is punished for another's wrong. Nemo punitur sine injuria, facto, sen defalta. No one is punished unless for some wrong, act, or default. 2 Inst. 287. Nemo qui condemnare potest, ab* solTore non potest. No one who may con* demn Is unable to acquit. Dig. 50, 17, 37. Nemo sibi esse Judex TOI suis Jus dieere debet. No one ought to be his own judge, or the tribunal in his own affairs. Broom, Max. 116, 121. See U R. 1 0. P. 722, 747. Nemo sine actione experitur, et boc non sine breve aire libello conventional!. No one goes to law without an action, and no one can bring an action without a writ or bill. Bract fol. 112. Nemo tenetur ad impossibile. No one is bound to an impossibility. Jenk. Cent 7; Broom, Max. 244. Nemo tenetur armare adVersarium contra se. Wing. Max. 665. No one Is bound to arm his adversary against himself. Nemo tenetur divinare. No man is bound to divine, or to have foreknowledge of, a future event. 10 Coke, 55a. Nemo tenetur edere instrumenta eontra se. No man is bound to produce writings against himself. A rule of the Roman law, adhered to in criminal prosecutions, but departed from in civil questions. BelL Nemo tenetur Informare qui nescit, sed quisquis scire quod informat. Branch, Princ. No one is bound to give information about things he is ignorant of, but every one is bound to know that which he gives information about Nemo tenetur jur are in suam turpi-tudinem. No one is bound to swear to the fact of his own criminality; no one can be forced to give his own oath in evidence of his.guilt Bell; Halk. 100. Nemo tenetur prodere seipsum. No one is bound to betray himself. In other words, no one can be compelled to criminate himself. Broom, Max. 968. Nemo tenetur seipsum accusare. Wing. Max. 486. No one is bound to accuse himself. Nemo tenetur seipsum infortuniis et perioulis exponere. No one is bound to expose himself to misfortunes and dangers. Co. Litt. 253b. Nemo unquam Judicet in se. No one can ever be a judge in his own cause. Nemo unquam vir magmas fnit, sine aliquo divino amatu. No one was ever a great man without .some divine inspiration. Cicero. Nemo videtur fraudare cos qui sdunt et consentiunt. No one seems [is supposed] to defraud those who know and assent [to his acts.] Dig. 50, 17, 145. Less...