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  • NOMOCANON
    (1) A collection of canons and imperial laws relative or conformable thereto. The-flrst nomocanon was made by Johannes Scholastlcus in 554. Photius, patriarch of Constantinople, in 883, compiled another nomocanon. or collation of the civil laws with the canons; this is the most celebrated. Balsamon wrote a commentary upon it More...
  • NOMOGRAPHER
    One who writes on the subject of laws.
  • NOMOGRAPHY
    A treatise or description of laws.
  • NOMOTHETA
    A lawgiver; such as Solon and Lycurgus among the Greeks, and Csasar, Pompey, and Sylla among the Romans. Calvin.
  • NON-ACCEPTANCE
    The refusal to accept anything.
  • NON ACCEPTAVIT
    In pleading. Tbe name of a plea to an action of assumpsit brought against the drawee of a bill of exchange by which he denies that he accepted the same.
  • NON-ACCESS
    In legal parlance, this term denotes the absence of opportunities for sexual Intercourse between husband and wife; or the absence of such intercourse. Non aeoipi debent verba in demons tra-tionem falsam, quae eompetnnt in limita-tionem veram. Words ought not to be taken to import a false demonstration which may have More...
  • NON ACCREVIT INFRA SEX ANNOS
    It did not accrue within six years. The name of a plea by which the defendant sets up the statute of limitations against a cause of action which is barred after six years.
  • NON-ACT
    A forbearance from action;, the contrary to act
  • NON-ADMISSION
    The refusal of admission.
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