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  • NE DONA PAS, OR NON DEDIT
    The general issue in a formedon, now abolished. It denied the gift in tail to have been made In manner and form as alleged; and was therefore the projjer plea, if the tenant meant to dispute the fact of the gift, but did not apply to any other case. 5 More...
  • NE EXEAT REGNO
    Lat. In English practice. A writ which issues to restrain a person from leaving the kingdom. It was formerly used for political purposes, but is now only resorted to in equity when the defendant is about to leave the kingdom; it is only in cases where the intention of the More...
  • NE EXEAT REPUBLICA
    Lat. In American practice. A writ similar to that of ne exeat regno, (q., v.,) available to the plaintiff in a civil suit, under some circumstances, when the defendant is about to leave the state. See Dean v. Smith, 23 Wis. 483, 99 Am. Dec. 198; Adams v. Whltcomb, 46 More...
  • NE GIST PAS EN BOUCHE
    L. Fr. It does not lie in the mouth. A common phrase in the old books. Yearb. M. 3 Edw. II. 60.
  • NE INJUSTE VEXES
    Lat. In old English practice, A prohibitory writ, commanding a lord not'to demand from the tenant more services than were justly due by the tenure under which his ancestors held.
  • NE LUMINIBUS OFFICIATUR
    Lat In the civil law. The name of a servitude which restrains the owner of a house from making such erections as obstruct the light of the adjoining house. Dig. 8, 4, 15, 17.
  • NE QUID IN LOCO PUBLICO VELITINERE FIAT
    Lat. That nothing shall be done (put or erected) in a public place or way. The title of an interdict in the Roman law. Dig. 43, 8.
  • NE RECIPIATUR
    Lat. That It be not received. A caveat or warning given to a law officer, by a party in a cause, not to receive the next proceedings of his opponent 1 Sell. Pr. 8.
  • NE RECTOR PROSTERNET ARBORES
    L. Lat The statute 35 Edw. I. Section 2, prohibiting rectors, i. e.t parsons, from cutting down the trees in church-yards. In Rutland v. Green, 1 Keb. 557, it was extended to prohibit them from opening new mines and working the minerals therein. Brown.
  • NE RELESSA PAS.
    L. Fr. Did not release. Where the defendant had pleaded a release, this was the proper replication by way of traverse.
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