Latin meaning literally "it is known from its associates." A word whose meaning is uncertain, questionable or doubtful can be understood and defined by its association with surrounding words and its context. This concept is frequently used in canons of construction or interpreting and understanding the meaning of the words in a legal statute, ordinance or law. Example of … [Read more...]

Traffic at fairs and markets; any buying and selling. Nunquam crescit ex postfacto prae teriti delicti sestimatio. The character Of a past offense is never aggravated by a subsequent act or matter. Dig 50, 17, 139, 1; Bac. Max. p. 38, reg. 8; Broom, Max. 42. Nunquam decurritur ad extraordina ritun sed nei deficit ordinarium. We are never to resort to what is extraordinary! but … [Read more...]

Lat. In the civil and old English law. A fair. In nundinis et mercatis, in fairs and markets. Bract. fol. 56. … [Read more...]

pleading. A plea to an action of indebitatus assumpsit, by which the defendant asserts that he is not indebted to the plaintiff. … [Read more...]

In old English practice. A messenger. One who was sent to make an excuse for a party summoned, or one who explained as for a friend the reason of a party's absence. Bract fol. 345. An officer of a court; a summoner, apparitor, or beadle. Cowell. … [Read more...]