Lat. In ecclesiastical law. The name of a prohibitory writ, directed to the bishop, at the request of the plaintlfT or defendant, where a quare impedit is pending, when either party fears that the bishop will admit the other's clerk pending the suit between them. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 37. … [Read more...] about NE ADMITTAS
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NATURALLY
Damages which "naturally" arise from a breach of. contract are such as arise in the usual course of things, from the breach itself, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been contemplated l>y the parties when making the contract as the probable result of the breach. Mitchell v. Clarke, 71 Cal. 164, 11 Pac. 882, 60 Am. Rep. 529. … [Read more...] about NATURALLY
NAVARCHUS
In the civil law. The master or commander of a ship; the captain of a man-of-war. … [Read more...] about NAVARCHUS
NE BAILA PAS
L. Fr. He did not deliver. A plea in detinue, denying the delivery to the defendant of the thing sued for. … [Read more...] about NE BAILA PAS
NATUS
Latin: Born, as distinguished from nasciturus, about to be born. Ante natue, one born before a particular person or event, e.g., before the death of his father, before a political revolution, etc. Post natus, one born after a particular person or event … [Read more...] about NATUS