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NUNQUAM INDEBITATUS

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pleading. A plea to an action of indebitatus assumpsit, by which the defendant asserts that he is not indebted to the plaintiff. … [Read more...]

NUL TORT

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pleading No wrong. 2. This is a plea to a real action, by which the defendant denies that he committed any wrong. It is a species of general issue. … [Read more...]

NULLUM TEMPUS ACT

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In English law. A name given to the statute 3 Geo. III. c. 16, because that act, in contravention of the maxim "Nullum tempus occurrit regi," (no lapse of time bars the king,) limited the crown's right to sue, etc.» to the period of sixty years. Nullum tempus aut locus occurrit regi. No time or place affects the king. 2 Inst. 273; Jenk. Cent. 83; Broom, Max. 65. Nullum tempus … [Read more...]

NUL WASTE

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pleading. This is the general issue in an action of waste. Co. Entr. 700 a, 708 a. The plea of, nul waste admits nothing, but puts the whole declaration in issue; and in support of this plea the defendant may give in evidence anything which proves that the act charged is no waste, as that it happened by tempest, lightning, and the like. … [Read more...]

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