Lat. In old English law. Of no legal force. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 60, I 24. … [Read more...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]