Notwithstanding the verdict. See Judgment non obstante veredicto. … [Read more...]
NON IMPEDIVIT
Latin: He did not Impede. The plea of the general issue in quare impedit The Latin form of the law French "ne disturba pas" … [Read more...]
NON OMITTAS
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...]
NON IMPLACITANDO ALIQUEM DE LIBERO TENEMENTO SINE BREVI
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...]
NON PONENDIS IN ASSISIS ET JURATIS
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...]