An oral will that is usually made when a person is facing imminent death. Valid only under limited circumstances and in some states. A will Which depends merely upon oral evidence, having been declared or dictated by the testator in his last sickness before a sufficient number of witnesses, and afterwards reduced to writing. … [Read more...] about NUNCUPATIVE WILL
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NUL AGARD
No award. A plea to an action on an arbitration bond, when the defendant avers that there was no legal award made. 3 Burr. 1730; 2 Stra. 923. … [Read more...] about NUL AGARD
NULLUM ARBITRIUM
L. Lat. No award. The name of a plea in an action on an arbitration bond, for not fulfilling the award, by which the defendant traverses the allegation that there was an award made. Nullum orimen majus est inobedien-tin. No crime is greater than disobedience. Jenk. Cent p. 77, case 48. Applied to the refusal of an officer to return a writ. Nullum enemplnm est idem omnibus. No … [Read more...] about NULLUM ARBITRIUM
NUL DISSEISIN
pleading. No disseisin. A plea in a real action, by which the defendant denies that there was any disseisin it is a species of the general issue. … [Read more...] about NUL DISSEISIN
NULLUM FECERUNT ABBITRIUM
Latin: In pleading. The name of a plea to an action of debt upon an obligation for the performance of an award, by which the defendant denies that he submitted to arbitration, etc. Bac. Abr. "Arbitr." etc., G. Nullum iniquum est prsesumendum in jure. 7 Coke, 71. No iniquity is to be presumed in law. Nullum matrimonium, ibi nulla dos. No marriage, no dower. Wait t. Wait, 4 Barb. … [Read more...] about NULLUM FECERUNT ABBITRIUM