The name of an imposition or duty. See Antiqua Custuma. … [Read more...]
NOVIGILD
In Saxon law. A pecuniary satisfaction for an injury, amounting to nine times the value of the thing for which it was paid. Spelman. … [Read more...]
NOVA STATUTA
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
(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
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...]