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NOXAL ACTION

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An action for damage done by slaves or irrational animals. . Sandars, Just Inst (5th Ed.) 457. … [Read more...]

NUEVA RECOPILACION

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(New Compilation.) The title of a code of Spanish law, promulgated in the year 1567. Schm. Civil Law,' Introd. 79-81. … [Read more...]

NOXAL ACTTON

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civil law. A personal, arbitrary, and indirect action in favor of one who has been injured by the slave of another, by which the owner or master of the slave was compelled either to pay the damages or abandon the slave. … [Read more...]

NUGATORY

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Futile; ineffectual; invalid; destitute of constraining force or vitality. A legislative act may be "nugatory" because unconstitutional. … [Read more...]

NOXALIS ACTIO

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Latin: In the civil law. An action which lay against the master of a slave, for some offense (as theft or robbery) committed .or damage or injury done by the slave, which was called "noxa." Usually translated "noxal action." … [Read more...]

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