This is the English equiva-lent of the Latin term “nulla bona” being the form of the return made by a sheriff or cohstable, charged with an execution, when he has found no property of the debtor on which to levy
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The name of a plea in an action on an award, by which the defendant traverses the allegation that an award was made
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This phrase, when Indorsed by a grand jury on an Indictment, is equivalent to “not found,” “not a true bill,” or “ignoramus
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Lat Unless. The word is often affixed, as a kind of elllptlcal expression, to the words “rule,” “order,” “decree,” “Judg-ment,” or “confirmation,” to Indlcate that the adjudication spoken of is one’ which is to stand as valid and operative unless the par-ty affected by it shall appear and show cause against it, or take some other appro-priate step to avoid It or procure Its revoca-tion. Thus a “decree nisi” is one which will definitely conclude the defendant’s rlghts unless, within the prescribed time, he shows cause to set it aside or successfully appeals. The word, in this sense, is opposed to “ab-solute.” And when a rule nisi is finally con-firmed, for the defendant’s failure to show cause against it, it is said to be “made abso-lute.”
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A member of a secret asso-ciation, (especially in Russia,) which is de-voted to the destruction of the present pollt-ical, religious, and social institutions, web-ster
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As to what, by the common law, is reckoned night and what day, it seems to be the general oplnlon that, if there be daylight, or crepusculum, enough begun or left to discern a man’s face, that is con-sidered day; and night is when it is so dark that the countenance of a man cannot be dis-cerned. 1 Hale, P. C. 350. However, the limlj: of 9 p. it. to 6 a. u. has been fixed by statute, in England, as the period of night, in prosecutions for burglary and larceny. St 24 & 25 Vlct. c. 96, $ 1; Brown. In Amer-ican law, the common-law definition is still adhered to in some states, but in others “night” has been defined by statute as tbe period between sunset and sunrise
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LaL Nothing, often contracted to “nil” The word staudiug alone is the name of an abbreviated form of return to a writ made by a sheriff or constable, the fuller form of which would be “nihil est” or “nihil habet,” according to circumstances
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The black book or register in the exchequer; chartularies of ab-beys, cathedrals, etc
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The daughter of one’s brother or sister. Ambl. 514. See Nephew
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In old English law. A woman born in vassalage; a bondwoman
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A short name; one nicked or cut off for the sake of brevity, without conveying an idea of opprobrium, and fre-quently evincing the strongest affection or the most perfect familiarity. North Caro-lina Inst. ▼. Norwood, 45 N. C. 74
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G, NIDERING, or NITH-ING. A vile, base person, or sluggard; chicken-hearted. Spelman
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Lat. In Roman law. In an-cient tlmes the neaeum seems to have been a species of formal contract, involving a loan of money, and attended wlth peculiar conse-quences, solemnized wlth the “copper and bal-ance.” Later, it appears to have been used as a general term for any contract struck wlth those ceremonies, and hence to have Included the special form of conveyance called “mancipatio” In a general sense it means the obligation or bond between contracting parties. See Maine, Anc. Law, 305, et seq.; Hadl. Rom. Law, 247
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In English practice. Debts dne to the exchequer which the sheriff could
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Lat in Roman law. Bound; bound pereons. A term applled to such in-solvent debtors as were delivered np to their creditors, hy whom they might be held in bondage untll their debts were discharged. Calvin.; Adams,.Rom. Ant 49
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Nearest; closest; Immediately following. See Green v. MoLaren, 7 Ga. 107; State v. Asbell, 57 Kan. 398, 46 Pac. 770; German Security Bank v. McGarry, 106 Ala. 633, 17 South. 704
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According to the usage of the commercial world, a newsimper is defined to be a publlcation in numbers, con-slstlng commonly of single sheets, and published at short and stated intervals, conveying intelligence of passing events. 4 op. Attys. Gen. 10. And see Crowell v. Parker, 22 R.’ I. 51, 46 Atl. 35, 84 Am. St. Rep. 81ft; Hanscom v. Meyer, 60 Neb. 68, 82 N. W. 114, 48 L. R. A. 409, 83 Am. St. Rep. 307; W11-llams v. Colwell, 18 Mlsc. Rep. 399, 43 N. Y. Supp. 720; Kellogg v. Carrico, 47 Mo. 157; Kerr v. Hltt, 75 111. 51
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In International law. In-different; impartial; not engaged on either side; not taking an active part with either of the contending states. In an interna-tional war, the principal hostile powers are called “belligerents;” those actively co-operating with and assisting them, thelr “allies;” and those taking no part whatever, “neu-trals
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