The non existence of sexual intercourse is generally expressed by the words non access of the husband to the wife which expressions, in a case of bastardy, are understood to mean the same thing. 2 Stark Ev. 218, n. 2. In Pennsylvania, when the husband has access to the wife, no evidence short of absolute impotence of the husband, is sufficient to convict a third person of … [Read more...]
NON DAMNIFICATUS
Latin: Not injured. This is a plea in an action of debt on an indemnity bond, or bond conditioned "to keep the plaintiff harmless and indemnified," etc. It is in the nature of a plea of performance, being used where the defendant means to allege that the plaintiff has been kept harmless and indemnified, according to the tenor of the condition. Steph. PI. (7th Ed.) 300, 301. … [Read more...]
NON ACCREVIT INFRA SEX ANNOS
It did not accrue within six years. The name of a plea by which the defendant sets up the statute of limitations against a cause of action which is barred after six years. … [Read more...]
NON DECIMANDO
See DE NON DECIMANDO Non deoipitur qui scit se deoipi. 5 Coke, 60. He is not deceived who knows himself to be deceived. … [Read more...]
NON AGE
By this term is understood that period of life from the birth till the arrival of twenty-one years. In another sense it means under the proper age to be of ability to do a particular thing; as, when non age is applied to one under the age of fourteen, who is unable to marry. NON ASSUMPSIT, pleading. The general issue in trespass on the case, in the species of assumpsit. Its … [Read more...]