practice. He or she lately died. The name of a writ, which in the English law, lies for a sister co-heiress, dispossessed by her coparcener of lands and tenements, whereof their father, brother, or any common ancestor died seised of an estate in fee simple. … [Read more...]
NUPTIAE SECUNDAE
Lat. A second marriage. In the canon law, this term included any marriage subsequent to the first. … [Read more...]
NUPTIAL
Pertaining to marriage; constituting marriage; used or done in marriage. Nuptias non eoncubitus sod consensus facit. Go. Litt. 38. Not cohabitation but consent makes the marriage. … [Read more...]
NURTURE
The act of taking care of children and educating them: the right to the nurture of children generally belongs to the father till the child shall arrive at the age of fourteen years, and not longer. Till then, he is guardian by nurture. Co. Litt. 38 b. But in special cases the mother will be preferred to the father; and after the death of the father, the mother is guardian by … [Read more...]
NURUS
Latin: In the civil law. A son's wife; a daughter-in-law. Calvin. … [Read more...]