日期：2008-03-20 NOSOCOMI, civil law. Persons who have the management and care of hospitals for paupers. Clef Lois Rom. mot Administrateurs. NOT FOUND. These words are endorsed ou a bill of indictment by a grand jury,.when they have not sufficient evidence to find a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NORTH CAROLINA. The name of one of the original states of the United States of America. The territory which now forms this state was included in the grant made in 1663 by Charles II. to Lord Clarendon and others, of a much more extensive country. Th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NONSENSE, construction. That which in a written agreement or will is unintelligible. 2. It is a rule of law that an instrument shall be so construed that the whole, if possible, shall stand. When a matter is written grammatically right, but it is un... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NON RESIDENCE, eccles. law. The absence of spiritual persons from their benefices. NON SUBMISSIT. The name of a plea to an action of debt or a bond to perform an award, by which the defendant pleads that he did not submit. Bac. Ab. Arbitr. c., G. NO... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NON JOINDER, pleading, practice. The omission of some one of the persons who ought to have been made a plaintiff or defendant along with others is called a non joinder. 2. In actions upon contracts, where the contract has been made, with several, if... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NON EST INVENTUS , practice. The sheriff's return to a writ requiring him to ,arrest the person of the defendant, which signifies that he is not to be found within his jurisdiction. The return is usually abbreviated N. E. I. Chit. Pr. Index, L. t. N... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NON DEMISIT, pleading. A plea proper to be pleaded to an action of debt for rent, when the plaintiff declares on a parol lease. Gilb. Debt, 436, 438; Bull. N. P. 177; 1 Chit. Pl. 477. 2. It is improper to plead such plea when the demise is stated to... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NON CLAIM. An omission or neglect by one entitled to make a demand within the time limited by law; as, when a continual claim ought to be made, a neglect to make such claim within a year aud a day. NON COMPOS MENTIS, persons. These words signify not... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NON AGE. By this term is understood that period of life from the birth till the arrival of twenty-one years. In another sense it means under the proper age to be of ability to do a particular thing; as, when non age is applied to one under the age o... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NOLLE PROSEQUI, practice. An entry made on the record, by which the prosecutor or plaintiff declares that he will proceed no further. 2. A nolle prosequi may be entered either in a criminal or a civil case. In criminal cases, a nolle prosequi may be... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NOLLE PROSEQUI, practice. An entry made on the record, by which the prosecutor or plaintiff declares that he will proceed no further. 2. A nolle prosequi may be entered either in a criminal or a civil case. In criminal cases, a nolle prosequi may be... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NISI PRIUS. These words, which signify 'unless before,' are the name of a court. The name originated as follows: Formerly, an action was triable only in the court where it was brought. But, it was provided by Magna Charta, in ease of the subject, th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NIHIL CAPIAT PER BREVE , practice. That he take nothing by his writ. This is the judgment against the plaintiff in an action, either in bar or in abatement. When the plaintiff has commenced his proceedings by bill, the judgment is nihil capiat per b... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NIECE, domestic relations: The daughter of a person's brother or sister. Amb. 514; 1 Jacob's Ch. R. 207. NIEF, old Eng. law. A woman born in vassalage. In Latin she was called Nativa. NIENT COMPRISE. Not included. It is an exception taken to a petit... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NEXT FRIEND. One who, without being regularly appointed guardian, acts for the benefit of an infant, married woman, or other person, not sui juris. Vide Amy; Prochein Amy. NEXT OF KIN. This term is used to signify the relations of a party who has di... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NEWLY DISCOVERED EVIDENCE. That evidence which, after diligent search for it, was not discovered until after the trial of a cause. 2. In general a new trial will be granted on the ground that new, important, and material evidence has been discovered... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NEW WORK. In Louisiana, by a new work is understood every sort of edifice or other work, which is newly commenced on any ground whatever. 2. When the ancient form of the work is changed, either by an addition being made to it, or by some part of the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NEW MATTER, pleading. All facts alleged in pleading, which go in avoidance of what is before, pleaded, on the opposite side, are called new matter. In other words, every allegation made in the pleadings, subsequent to the declaration, and which does... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NEW JERSEY. The name of one of the original states of the United States of America. This state, when it was first settled, was divided into, two provinces, which bore the names of East Jersey and West Jersey. They were granted to different proprieta... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NEW HAMPSHIRE. The name of one of the original states of the United States of America. During its provincial state, New Hampshire was governed, down to the period of the Revolution, by the authority of royal commissions. Its general assembly enacted... 阅读全文>>