(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...]
NOVITAS
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...]
NOTIO
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...]
NOTICE OF DISHONOR
The notice given by the holder of a bill of exchange or promissory note, to a drawer or endorser on the same, that it has been dishonored, either by not being accepted in the case of a bill, or paid in cue of an accepted bill or note. 2. It is proper to consider, 1. The form of the notice; 2. By whom it is to be given; 3. To whom. 4. When; 5. Where; 6. Its effects; 7. When a … [Read more...]