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NOTAE

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In civil and old European law. Short-hand characters or marks of contraction, in which the emperors' secretaries took down what they dictated. Spelman; Calvin. … [Read more...]

NOTHUS

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Latin: In Roman law. A natural child or a person of spurious birth. … [Read more...]

NORMAN FRENCH

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The tongue in which several formal proceedings of state In England are still carried on. The language, having remained the same since the date of the Conquest, at which it was introduced into England, is very different from the French of this day, retaining all the peculiarities which at that time distinguished every province from the rest. A peculiar mode of pronunciation … [Read more...]

NORROY

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In English law. The title of the third of the three kings-at-arms, or provincial heralds. … [Read more...]

NORTHAMPTON TABLES

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Longevity and annuity tables compiled from bills of mortality kept in All Saints parish, England, in 1735-1780. Nosoitar a soolis. It is known from Its associates. 1 Vent 225. The meaning of a word is or may be known from the accompanying words. 3 Term R. 87; Broom, Max. 588. Nosoitar ex socio, qui son cognoscitur ex se. Moore, 817. He who cannot be known from himself may be … [Read more...]

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