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  • NON-NEGOTIABLE
    Not negotiable; not capable of passing title or property by indorsement and delivery. Non obligat lex nisi promulgate. A law is not obligatory unless it be promulgated. Non observata forma, infertnr adnul-latio aetns. Where form is not observed, an annulling of the act is inferred or follows. 12 Coke, 7.
  • NON OBSTANTE
    Lat Notwithstanding. Words anciently used in public and private instruments, intended to preclude, In advance, any interpretation contrary to certain declared objects or purposes. Burrill. A clause frequent in old English statutes and letters patent, (so termed from its initial words,) importing a license from the crown to do a More...
  • NON OMITTAS
    A clause usually inserted in writs of execution, in England, directing the sheriff "not to omit" to execute the writ by reason of any liberty, because there are many liberties or districts in which the sheriff has no power to execute process unless he has special authority. 2 Steph. Comm. More...
  • NONPAYMENT
    The neglect, failure, or refusal of payment of a debt or evidence of debt when due.
  • NON-PERFORMANCE
    Neglect, failure, or refusal to do or perform an act stipulated to be done. Failure to keep the terms of a contract or covenant, in respect to acts or doings agreed upon. Non pertinet ad jndioem seoularem eognoseere de lis qna snnt mere spi-ritualia annexe. 2 Inst 488. It belongs More...
  • NON-PLEVIN
    In old English law. De* fault In not replevying land In due time, when the same was taken by the king upon a default The consequence thereof Goes of seisin) was abrogated by St. 9 Edw. III. c. 2.
  • NON PONENDIS IN ASSISIS ET JURATIS
    A writ formerly granted for freeing and discharging persons from serving on assizes and juries. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 165. Non possessor! inoumbit neoessitas proband! possessiones ad se pertinere. A person in possession is not bound to prove that the possessions belong to him. Broom, Max. 714. Non potest adduei exceptio More...
  • 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.
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