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...]
NUL TIEL RECORD
pleading. No such record 2. When a party claims to recover on the evidence of a record, as in an action on scire facias, or when he sets up his defence on matter of record, as a former acquittal or former recovery, the opposite party may plead or, reply nul tiel record, there is no such record; in which case the issue thus raised is called an issue of nul tiel record, and it is … [Read more...]
NULLUM FECERUNT ARBITRIUM
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 … [Read more...]
NUL TORT
pleading No wrong. 2. This is a plea to a real action, by which the defendant denies that he committed any wrong. It is a species of general issue. … [Read more...]