Latin: In Roman law. A form of plea or defense In an action for the recovery of real estate, by which the defendant sued as the person apparently in possession, alleges that he holds only in the name or for the benefit of another, whose name he discloses by the plea, in order that the plaintiff may bring his action against such other. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, 297. … [Read more...]

Latin for choose not to contest or I will not defend, also known as a no contest pleading. When a defendant pleads nolo contendere after being charged with the crime, the defendant neither admits nor denies committing the crime although agrees to punishment (usually a fine or jail time which is more lenient) as they were guilty of committing a crime. This type of an admission … [Read more...]

An appointment or designation of a person to fill an office or discharge a duty. The act of suggesting or proposing a person by name as a candidate for an office. Nomination to a living. In English ecclesiastical law. The rights of nominating and of presenting to a living are distinct, and may reside in different persons. Presentation is the offering a clerk to the bishop. … [Read more...]

Lat. In the civil law. A name; the name, style, or designation of a person. Properly, the name showing to what pens or tribe he belonged, as distinguished from his own individual name, (the pramomen) from his surname or family name, (cognomen) and from any name added by way of a descriptive title, (agnomen) The name or style of a class or genus of persons or objects. A debt or … [Read more...]

Latin: A nominative case grammatically unconnected with the rest of the sentence in which it stands. The opening words in the ordinary form of a deed inter partes, "This indenture," etc., down to "whereas," though an Intelligible and convenient part of the deed, are of this kind. Wharton. … [Read more...]