Latin, meaning It matters not what is known to the judge if it is not known judicially. … [Read more...]
NON VALENTIA AGERE
Inability to sue. 5 Bell, App. Cas. 172. Non valet conflrmatio, nisi ille, qui eonflrmat, sit, in possessione rei vel juris undo fieri debet conflrmatio; et eo dem modo, nisi ille oni conflrmatio fit sit in possessione. Co. Litt. 295. Confirmation is not valid unless he who confirms is either in possession of the thing itself or of the right of which confirmation is to be made, … [Read more...]
NON RESIDENCE
eccles. law. The absence of spiritual persons from their benefices. … [Read more...]
NON VULT CONTENDERE
Latin: He (the defendant in a criminal case) will not contest it A plea legally equivalent to that of guilty, being a variation of the form "nolo contendere," (q. v.t) and sometimes abbreviated "non vult". … [Read more...]
NON SANAE MENTIS
Latin: Of unsound mind. Fleta, lib. 6, C. 40, 1. … [Read more...]