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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...] about NOVIGILD

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...] about NOVA STATUTA

(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...] about NOVISSIMA RECOPILACION

As soon as a notary has made presentment and demand of a bill of exchange, or at some seasonable hour of the same day, he makes a minute on the bill, or on a ticket attached thereto, or in his book of registry, consisting of his initials, the month, day, and year, the refusal of acceptance or payment, the reason, if any, assigned for such refusal, and his charges of protest. … [Read more...] about NOTING

Lat. In the civil law. The power of hearing and trying a matter of fact; the power pr authority of a judex; the power of hearing causes and of pronouncing sentence, without any degree of Jurisdiction. Calvin; … [Read more...] about NOTIO