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NECATION

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The act of killing. … [Read more...] about NECATION

NE UNJUSTE VEXES

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Old Engl. law. The name of a writ which issued to relieve a tenant upon, whom his lord had distrained for more services than he was bound to perform. 2. It was a prohibition to the lord, not unjustly to distrain or vex his tenant. F. N. B. h. t. … [Read more...] about NE UNJUSTE VEXES

NECESSARIES

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Things indispensable, or things proper and useful, for the sustenance of human life. This is a relative term, and its meaning will contract or expand according to the situation and social condition of the person referred to. In reference to the contracts of infanta, this term is not used in its strictest sense, nor limited to. that which is required to sustain life. Those … [Read more...] about NECESSARIES

NE UNQUES ACCOUPLE

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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

NECESSARIUS

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

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