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A clause usually inserted in writs of execution, in England, directing the sheriff "not to omit" to execute the writ by reason of any liberty, because there are many liberties or districts in which the sheriff has no power to execute process unless he has special authority. 2 Steph. Comm. 680. Nam omne damnum induoit injuriam. It is not every loss that produces an injury. Bract … [Read more...] about NON OMITTAS

A writ to prohibit bailiffs, etc., from distraining or impleading any man touching his freehold without the king's writ Reg. Orig. 171. Non in legendo sed in intelligendo legis consistunt. The laws consist not in being read, but in being understood. 8 Coke. 167a. … [Read more...] about NON IMPLACITANDO ALIQUEM DE LIBERO TENEMENTO SINE BREVI

A writ formerly granted for freeing and discharging persons from serving on assizes and juries. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 165. Non possessor! inoumbit neoessitas proband! possessiones ad se pertinere. A person in possession is not bound to prove that the possessions belong to him. Broom, Max. 714. Non potest adduei exceptio ejus re! eujus petitur dissolutio. An exception of the same … [Read more...] about NON PONENDIS IN ASSISIS ET JURATIS

Let He did not break the contract The name of a plea sometimes pleaded In the action of covenant, and intended as a general issue, but held to be a bad plea; there being, properly speaking, no general issue in that action. 1 Tidd, Pr. 356. … [Read more...] about NON INFREGIT CONVENTIONEM

The name of a judgment rendered against a plaintiff for neglecting to prosecute his suit agreeably to law and the rules of the court. … [Read more...] about NON PROS OR NON PROSEQUITUR