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Lat. In the civil law. Nautical or maritime interest; an ex-traordinary rate of Interest agreed to be paid for the loan of […]

In the civil law. The freight or fare paid for the transportation of cargo or passengers over the sea in a vessel. […]

Lat in the civil and maritlme law. A sailor; one who works a ship. Calvin Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old practice. Bad; defec-, tive. “The bar is naught.” 1 Leon. 77. “The avowry is naught.” 5 Mod. 73. “The plea […]

The freight of passengers-in a ship. Johnson; webster Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In French maritime law. 8hlpwreck. “The violent agitation of the waves, the impetuous force of the winds, storm, or lightning, may swallow […]

Lat. Shipwreck Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. Born, as distinguished from nasciturus, about to be born. Ante natus, one born before a particular person or event, e. g.. […]

Lat. In the civil law. The master or owner of a merchant vessel. Calvin Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To confer citizeushlp upou an alien; to make a foreigner the same, in respect to rights and privileges, as if he were […]

Damages which “nat-urally” arise from a breach of. contract are such as arise in the usual course of things, from the breach […]

In Spanish law. The state, of a natural-born subject white, New Recop. b. 1, tit. 5, c. 2 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

The act of adopt-ing au alien into a nation, and clothing him with all the rights possessed by a natural-born citizen. Boyd […]

The juristic meanlng of this term does not differ from the vernacular, except in the cases where it is used in op […]

A rule of couduct arising out of the natural relations of human beings, established by the Creator, tfnd exist-ing prior to any […]

Lat in old English law, a native; specifically, one born iuto a condi-tion of servitude; a born serf or villein. —Nativa. A […]

The name of an Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Spanish and Mexican* law. Nationalization. “The na-tlonalization of property is an act which de-notes that it has become that of the […]

A natural-born subject or citl-zen; a denizen by blrth; one who owes his domicile or citizenship to the fact of his birth […]

Pertaiuing or relating to a nation as a whole; commonly applied in American law to institutions, laws, or af-fairs of the United […]

That quality or charac-ter which arises from the fact of a person’s belonging to a nation or state. Nationality determines the political […]

In old records. A native place. Coweli Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A people, or aggregation of men, existing in the form of an organized jural society, inhabiting a distinct portion of the earth, […]

The state and condition of a man acquired by birth Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Born and to be born. All heirs, near and remote Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)