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Omission; failure to do something that one is bound, to do; carelessness. The term is used in the law of bailment as synonymous with "negligence". But the latter word is the closer translation of the Latin "negligentia." As used in respect to the payment of money, refusal is the failure to pay money when demanded; neglect is the failure to pay money which the party is bound to … [Read more...] about NEGLECT

L. Fr. Never married. More fully, ne unques accouple en loiall matrimonie, never joined in lawful marriage. The name of a plea In the action of dower undo nihil habet. by which the tenant denied that the dowress was ever lawfully married to the decedent. … [Read more...] about NE UNQUES ACCOUPLE

Latin: Necessary; unavoidable; indispensable; not admitting of " choice or the action of the will; needful. … [Read more...] about NECESSARIUS

L. Fr. Never executor. The name of a plea by which the defendant denies that he is an executor, as he is alleged to be; or that the plaintiff is an executor, as he claims to be. … [Read more...] about NE UNQUES EXECUTOR

As used in jurisprudence, the word "necessary" does not always Import an absolute physical necessity, so strong that one thing, to wjjieh another may be termed "necessary," cannot exist without that other. It frequently imports no more than that one thing is convenient or useful or essential to another. To employ the means necessary to an end is generally understood as … [Read more...] about NECESSARY