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Lat. Knowledge; informa-tion; Intelligence; notice

Lat. In the civil law. The power of hearing and trying a matter of

In legal proceedings, and ln respect to public matters, this word Is generally, if not universally, used as Importing a notice given by some person, whose duty it was to give it, in some manner prescribed, and to some person entitled to receive lt, or be notified. Appeal of Potwiue, 31 Conn. 384

Lat In Roman law. A natural child ar a person, of spurious birth

In English probate prac-tice, notation is the act of making a merno-randum of some special circumstance on a probate or letters of administration. Thus, where a grant is made for the whole personal estate of the deceased within the United Kingdom, which can only be done in the case of a person dying domiciled in […]

A public officer whose function ia to attest and certify, by his hand and official seal, certain classes of documents, in order to give them credit and authenticity ln foreign jurisdictions; to take acknowledgments of deeds and other oonvey-ancee, and certify the same; and to perform certain official acts, chiefly ln commercial matters, such as […]

Lat In Roman Uv. A

Taken by a notary; performed by a notary ln his official capacity; belonging to a notary and evidencing hls offi-cial character, as, a notarial seal

In civil and old European law. Short-hand characters or marks of contraction, in which the emperors* secretaries took down what they dictated. Spelman; Calvin

Lat. In the civil law. A mark or brand put upon a person by the law. Mackeld. Rom. Law, | 135

These words, when written across the face of a negotiable instrument, operate to destroy Its negotiability. Durr v. State, 59 Ala. 24

A return sometimes made by sheriffs or constables to a writ of execution; but it ls not a technical formula, and is condemned by the courts as ambigu-ous and insufficient. See Martin v. Martin, 50 N. C. 346; Langford v. Few, 146 Mo. 142, 47 S. W. 927, 69 Am. St Rep. 606; Merrick v. […]

A verdict in a Scotch criminal trial, to the effect that the guilt of the accused ls not made out, though his ln-nocence is not dear

A speclal traverse used in an action of trover, alleging that de-feudant was not possessed, at the time of ac-tion brought, of the chattels alleged to have been converted by him

In English practice. A plea of the general issue by a defendant in a civil’ action, when he intends to give special matter ln evidence by virtue of some act or acts of parliament, in which case he must add the reference to such act or acts, and state whether such acts are public or […]

A plea of the general Issue in the actions of trespass and case and in criminal prosecutions

These words, Indorsed on a bill of indictment by a grand jury, have

In the civil law. Persons who have the management and care of hospitals for paupers

Longevity and annuity tables compiled from bllls of mortality kept ln All Saints parish, Eng-land, in 1735-1780

In English law. The title of the third of the three klngs-at-arms, or pro-vlncial heralds

The tongue in whlch several formal proceedings of state in England are stlll carrled on. The lan-guage, having remained the same since the date of the Conquest, at which lt was in-troduced into England, is very different from the French of this day, retaining all the pe-cultarlties which at that time distinguished every province from […]

In English law. Twelve acres and a half

Not following up the cause; failure on the part of a plaintiff to continue the prosecution of his suit. An ahandon-ment or renunciation of his suit, by a plain-tiff, either by omitting to take the next nec-essary steps, or voluntarily relinquishing the action, or pursuant to an order of the court. An order or judgment, […]

Unintelligible matter in a written agreement or will

In old ecclesiastical law. A nun. Nonnus, a monk. Spelman

The neglect or failure of a person to do some act which he ought to do. The term ls not generally used to denote a breach of contract, but rather the failure to perform a dnty towards the public whereby some Individual sustains special damage, as where a sheriff falls to execute a writ Sweet […]

ES. In the Roman calendar. The fifth and, ln March, May, July, and october, the seventh day of the mouth. So called because, counting lnclusively, they were nine days from the ides. Adams, Rom. Ant 355, 357

UM, or NONAGE. A ninth part of movables which was pald to the clergy on the death of persons ln their parish, and claimed on pretense of being dis-tributed to pious uses. Blount

Payments made to the church, by those who were tenants of church-farms. The first was a rent or duty for things belonging to husbandry; the sec-ond was claimed in right of the church, wharton

Lat He

Inability to sue. 5 Bell, App. Cas. 172

Lat. He has not usurped. A form of traverse. Iu an action or proceeding against one alleged to have usurped an office or franchise, denying the usurpation charged. See Com. v. Cross Cut R. Co., 53 Pa. 62

Neglect to use. Neglect to use a franchise; neglect to exercise an office. 2 Bl. Comm. 153. Neglect or omis-slon to use an easement or otber right 3 Kent, Comm. 448. A right acquired by use may be lost by non-user

The vacation between term and term, formerly called the time or days of the king’s peace

The vacation between two terms of a court

A plea ln a real action, by wbich the defendant asserts, either as to the whole or as to some part of the land mentioned in the plaintiff’s declaration, that he does not hold it. Pub. St. Mass. 1882, p. 1293

Lat He did not hold. This ls the name of a plea iu bar ln re* plevin, by which the plaintiff alleges that he did not hold ln manner and form as averred, belng given ln answer to an avowry for rent In arrear. See Rosc. Real Act 638

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Lat I am

Lat Not hls own master. The opposite of sui juris, (q. v

Lat Ile did not submit A plea to an action of debt, on a bond to perform an award, to the effect that the defendant did not submit to the arbitra-tion

A writ prohibiting nn ordinary to take a pecuniary mulct imposed on a clerk of the sovereign for nonresidence. Reg. Writ. 59

Lat It does not fol-low

Lat of un

A writ, addressed to a bishop, charging him not to molest a clerk employed ln the royal servlce, by reason of his non-residence; in which case he is to be dis-charged. Reg. orig. 58

one who is not a

Residence beyond the limits of the particular jurisdiction

Lat Not to

Lat If, ln the

IS. A writ formerly granted for freeing and discharging persons from serv-ing on assizes and juries. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 165