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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...] about NON-PERFORMANCE

construction. That which in a written agreement or will is unintelligible. 2. It is a rule of law that an instrument shall be so construed that the whole, if possible, shall stand. When a matter is written grammatically right, but it is unintelligible, and the whole makes nonsense, some words cannot be rejected to make sense of the rest; 1 Salk. 324; but when matter is nonsense … [Read more...] about NONSENSE

In old English law. Default In not replevying land In due time, when the same was taken by the king upon a default The consequence thereof Goes of seisin) was abrogated by St. 9 Edw. III. c. 2. … [Read more...] about NON-PLEVIN

An agreement that a party will not solicit other employees at an ex-employer or that a client company will not solicit a consultant who was contracted for hire via an outsourcing company. An clause not to entice the employees or workers of a company. … [Read more...] about NONSOLICITATION AGREEMENT

In a child custody case, the parent who does not have sole or primary custody of a child. … [Read more...] about NONCUSTODIAL PARENT