日期：2008-03-20 NEW. Something not known before. 2. To be patented, an invention must be new. When an invention has been described in a printed book which has been publicly circulated, and afterwards a person takes out a patent for it, his patent is invalid, becaus... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NEIF, old Eng. law. A woman who was born a villain, or a bond woman. NEMINE CONTRADICENTE , legislation. These words, usually abbreviated nem. con., are used to signify the unanimous consent of the house to which they are applied. In England they ar... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NEGOTIATION, contracts The deliberation which takes place between the parties touching a proposed agreement. 2. That which transpires in the negotiation makes no part of the agreement, unless introduced into it. It is a general rule that no evidence... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NEGLIGENT ESCAPE . The omission to take such a care of a prisoner as a gaoler is bound to take, and in consequence of it, the prisoner departs from his confinement, without the knowledge or consent of the gaoler, and eludes pursuit. 2. For a neglige... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NEGATIVE PREGNANT, pleading. Such form of negative expression, in pleading, as may imply or carry within it an affirmative. 2. This is faulty, because the meaning of such form of expression is ambiguous. Example: in trespass for entering the plainti... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NEGATION. Denial. Two negations are construed to mean one affirmation. Dig. 50, 16, 137. NEGATIVE. This word has several significations. 1. It is used in contradistinction to giving assent; thus we say the president has put his negative upon such a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NECESSARY AND PROPER. The Constitution of the United States, art. 1, s. 8, vests in congress the power to make all laws, which shall be necessary and proper, for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this const... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NEAT or NET, contracts. The exact weight of an article, without the bag, box, keg, or other thing in which it may be enveloped. NEATNESS, pleading. The statement, in apt and appropriate words, of all the necessary facts, and ne more. Lawes on Pl. 62... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NE LUMINIBUS OFFICIATOR, 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 RECIPIATUR. That it be not received. A caveat or words of... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NE DISTURBA PAS, pleading. The general issue in quare impedit. Hob. 162 Vide Rast, 517; Winch. Ent. 703. NE BAILA PAS. He did not deliver. This is a plea in detinue, by which the defendant denies the delivery to him of the thing sued for. NE DONA PA... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NAVICULARIS, civil law. He who had the management and care of a ship. The same as our sea captain. Bouch. Inst. n. 359. Vide Captain. NAVIGABLE. Capable of being navigated. 2. In law, the term navigable is applied to the sea, to arms of the sea, and... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NATURALIZED CITIZEN. One who, being born an alien, has lawfully become a citizen of the United States Under the constitution and laws. 2. He has all the rights of a natural born citizen, except that of being eligible as president or vice-president o... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NATURAL PRESUMPTIONS, evidence. Presumptions of fact; those which depend upon their own form and efficacy in generating belief or conviction in the mind, as derived from those connexions which are pointed out by experience; they are independent of a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NATURAL CHILDREN. In the phraseology of the English or American law, natural children are children born out of wedlock, or bastards, and are distinguished from legitimate children; but in the language of the civil law, natural are distinguished from... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NATIVES . All persons born within the jurisdiction of the United States, are considered as natives. 2. Natives will be classed into those born before the declaration of our independence, and those born since. 3. - 1. All persons, without regard to t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NARROW SEAS, English law. Those seas which adjoin the coast of England. Bac. Ab. Prerogative, B 3. NATALE. The state of condition of a man acquired by birth. NATIONAL or PUBLIC DOMAIN. All the property which belongs to the state is comprehended unde... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NAMES OF SHIPS. The act of congress of December 31, 1792, concerning the registering and recording of ships or vessels, provides, 3. That every ship or vessel, hereafter to be registered, (except as is hereinafter provided,) shall be registered by t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 NAIL, A measure of length, equal to two inches and a quarter. Vide Measure. NAKED. This word is used in a metaphorical sense to denote that a thing is not complete, and for want of some quality it is either without power, or it possesses a limited p... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 MUTUAL. Reciprocal. 2. In contracts there must always be a consideration in order to make them valid. This is sometimes mutual, as when one man promises to pay a sum of money to another in consideration that he shall deliver him a horse, and the lat... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-20 MUTATIS MUTANDIS. The necessary changes. This is a phrase of frequent practical occurrence, meaning that matters or things are generally the same, but to be altered, when necessary, as to names, offices, and the like. MUTE, persons. One who is dumb.... 阅读全文>>