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NSF

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Non-Sufficient Funds. A bad check which is drawn for an amount greater than is in a bank account. … [Read more...]

NOVA STATUTA

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New statutes. An appellation sometimes given to the statutes which have been passed since the beginning of the reign of Edward III. 1 Steph. Comm. 88. … [Read more...]

NOVISSIMA RECOPILACION

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(Latest Compilation.) The title of a collection of Spanish law compiled by order of Don Carlos IV. in 1805. 1 White, Recop. 355. … [Read more...]

NOVAE NARRATIONES

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New counts. The collection called "Nova Narrationes" contains pleadings in actions during the reign of Edward III. It consists principally of declarations, as the title imports; but there are sometimes pleas and subsequent pleadings. The Artieuli ad Novas Narrationes is usually subjoined to this little book, and 1& a small treatise on the method of pleading. It first treats … [Read more...]

NOVITAS

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Lat. Novelty; newness; a new thing. Novitas non tam utilitate prodest quam novitate perturbat. A novelty does not benefit so much by its utility as it disturbs by its novelty. Jenk. Cent p. 167, case 23. … [Read more...]

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