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  • NEMBDA
    In Swedish and Gothic law. A jury. 3 Bl. Comm. 349, 350.
  • NEMINE CONTRADICENTE
    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...
  • NEMO
    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...
  • NEMY
    L, Pr. Not Litt | 8.
  • NEPHEW
    The son of a brother or sister. But the term, as used in wills and other documents, may Include the children of half brothers and sisters and also grand-nephews, if such be the apparent Intention, but not the nephew of a husband or wife, and not (presumptively) a nephew who More...
  • NEPOS
    Lat. A grandson.
  • NEPTIS
    Lat A granddaughter.
  • NEPUOY
    In Scotch law. A grandson. Skene.
  • NET
    Clear of anything extraneous; with all deductions, such as charges, expenses, discounts, commissions, taxes, etc.; free from expenses. St. John v. Erie R. Co., 22 Wall. 148, 22 L. Ed. 743; Scott v. Hartley, 126 Ind. 239, 25 N. E. 826; Gibbs'v. People's Nat. Bank, 198 111. 307, 64 N. More...
  • NETHER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT
    A name given to the English house of commons in the time of Henry VIIL
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