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NONRESIDENT

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A person who resides in a location but is not classified as a permanent resident. … [Read more...] about NONRESIDENT

NON-NEGOTIABLE

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Not negotiable; not capable of passing title or property by indorsement and delivery. Non obligat lex nisi promulgate. A law is not obligatory unless it be promulgated. Non observata forma, infertur adnul-latio aetns. Where form is not observed, an annulling of the act is inferred or follows. 12 Coke, 7. … [Read more...] about NON-NEGOTIABLE

NON-RESIDENT

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One who is not a dweller within some jurisdiction in question; not an inhabitant of the state of the forum. Gardner v. Meeker, 169 111. 40, 48 N. E. 307; oNagel v. Loomis, 33 Neb. 490, 50 N. W. 441; Morgan v. Nunes, 54 Miss. 310. For the distinction between "residence" and "domicile," see DOMICILE. … [Read more...] about NON-RESIDENT

NONOBVIOUSNESS

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A patent term and a required element of an invention in order to obtain patent protection. An invention must be a new invention, an unexpected development and not obvious. For example, a new device that uses light to indicate how quickly a vehicle may travel would not be completely new or nonobvious as similar devices exist. … [Read more...] about NONOBVIOUSNESS

NON-RESIDENTIO FRO CLERICO REGIS

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A writ, addressed to a bishop, charging him not to molest a clerk employed in the royal service, by reason of his non-residence; in which case he is to be discharged. Reg. Orig. 58. Non respondebit minor nisi in eansa dotis, et boo pro favor? doti. 4 Coke, 71. A minor shall not answer unless in a case of dower, and this in favor of dower. … [Read more...] about NON-RESIDENTIO FRO CLERICO REGIS

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