In English law. one who refuses to comply wlth others; one who refuses to join in the established forms of worship
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Lat. It does not ap-pear; it is not clear or evident A phrase used in general to state some conclusion as not necessarily following although it may appear on its face to follow
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Lat. Not sound of mind; insane. This is a very general term, embracing all varieties of mental derangement See Insanitt
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Lat. He did not grant. The name of a plea denying a grant, which could be made only by a stranger
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A person connected with an army or navy, hut for purposee other than fighting; such as the surgeons and chaplains. Also a neutral
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A non-coiuruls-sioned oflicer of the army or militia is a subordinate oflicer who holds his rank, not by commission from the executive authority of the state or nation, but by appointment by a superlor officer
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He did not take. The gen-eral Jssue in replevin, where the action is for the wrongful taking of the property; put-ting in Issue not only the taking, but the place in which the taking is stated to have been made. Steph. Pl. 157, 167
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The omissiou or neglect of him who ought to claim his right within the time limited by law; os within a year and a day where a continual claim was required, or within five years after a fine had been levied. Termes de la I^ey
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Not twice for the same;’ that is, a man shall not be twice tried for the same crime. This maxim of the civil law (Code, 0, 2, 9, 11) expresses the same principle as the familiar rule of our law that a man shall not be twice “put in jeopardy” for the same offense
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This word, placed upon a certificate of stock, does not cancel or impair the obligation to pay the amount due upon the shares created by the acceptance
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The general Issue in the action of assumpsit; being a plea by which the defendant avers that “he did not undertake” or promise as alleged
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A non-continuous or discontinuous easement Fet-ters v. Humphreys, 18 N. J. Eq. 262. See Easement
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A failure of ap-pearance; the omission of the defendant to-appear within the time limited
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Lack of requisite legal age. The condition of a person who is under twen-ty-one years of age,- in some cases, and un-der fourteen or twelve in others; minority
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It did not accrue within six years. The name of a plea by which the defendant sets up the statute of limitations against a cause of action which is barred after six years.
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A forbearance from action;, the contrary to act
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In pleading. The name of a plea to an action of assumpsit brought against the drawee of a bill of ex-change by which he denies that he accepted, the same
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In legal parlance, this term denotes the absence of opportunities for sexual Intercourse between husband and wife; or the absence of such intercourse
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A lawgiver; such as Solon and Lycurgus among the Greeks, and
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one who has been nomlnat-ed or proposed for an ofiice
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