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Latin: Inauspicious. Applied, in the Roman law, to a day on which it was unlawful to open the courts or administer justice. Negatio conclusionis est error in lege. Wing. 268. The denial of a conclusion is. error in law. Negatio destruit negationem, et ambae faciunt affirmationem. Lord Coke cites this as a rule of grammatical construction, not always applying in law. Negatio … [Read more...] about NEFASTUS

A person or a party whose rights or interests are affected by a lawsuit and, if that party is not included in the lawsuit, then all matters cannot be effectively concluded in a final judgment. … [Read more...] about NECESSARY PARTY

Denial. Two negations are construed to mean one affirmation. … [Read more...] about NEGATION

Lat. Necessity; a force, power, or influence which compels one to act against his will. Calvin. Necessitas culpabilis. Culpable necessity; unfortunate necessity; necessity which, while it excuses the act done under its compulsion, does not leave the doer entirely free from blame. The necessity which compels a man to kill another in self-defense is thus distinguished from that … [Read more...] about NECESSITAS

A denial; a proposition by which something is denied; a statement in the form of denial. Two negatives do not make a good issue. Steph. PI. 386, 387. Negative averment. As opposed to the traverse or simple denial of an affirmative allegation, a negative averment is an allegation of some substantive fact, e.g., that premises are not in repair, which, although negative inform, is … [Read more...] about NEGATIVE