Lat. In the civil law. A mark or brand put upon a person by the law. Mackeld. Rom. Law, 135. … [Read more...]

Opposed to exceptional; that state wherein any body most exactly comports in all its parts with the abstract idea thereof, and is most exactly fitted to perform Its proper functions, is entitled normal. Normal law. A term employed by modern writers on jurisprudence to denote the law as it affects persons who are in a normal condition; Sui Juris and sound in mind. Normal school. … [Read more...]

A failure to perform an obligation, failure to perform according to contractual terms. … [Read more...]

As "sane," when applied to the mind, means whole, sound, in a healthful state, "non-sane" must mean not whole, not sound, not in a healthful state; that is, broken, Impaired, shattered, Infirm, weak, diseased, unable, either from nature or accident, to perform the rational functions common to man upon the objects presented to it. Den v. Vancleve, 5 N. J. Law, 589, 661. Non-sane … [Read more...]

Neglect, failure, or refusal to do or perform an act stipulated to be done. Failure to keep the terms of a contract or covenant, in respect to acts or doings agreed upon. Non pertinet ad judioem seoularem eognoseere de lis qua sunt mere spiritualia annexe. 2 Inst 488. It belongs not to the secular judge to take cognizance of things which are merely spiritual. … [Read more...]