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  • NANTISSEMENT
    in French law, is the contract of pledge; if of a movable, it is called "gage;" and if of an immovable, it Is called "antichrese." Brown.
  • NARR
    A common abbreviation of "nor-ratio," (q. v.) A declaration in an action. Jacob.
  • NARRATIO
    Lat One of the common law names for a plaintiff's count or declaration, as being a narrative of the facts on which he relies.
  • NARRATIVE
    In Scotch conveyancing. That part of a deed which describes the grantor, and person in whose favor the deed is granted, and states the cause (consideration) of granting. Bell.
  • NARRATOR
    A counter; a pleader who draws narrs. Berviens narrator, a serjeant at law. Fleta, L 2, c. 37.
  • NARROW SEAS
    Those seas which run between two coasts not far apart. The term is sometimes applied to the English channel. Wharton.
  • NASCITURUS
    Lat That shall hereafter be born. A term used In marriage settlements to designate the future issue of the marriage, as distinguished from "natus" a child already born.
  • NATALE
    The state and condition of a man acquired by birth.
  • NATI ET NASCITURI
    Born and to be born. All heirs, near and remote.
  • NATIO
    In old records. A native place. Cowell.
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