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...]

In English law. A name given to the statute 3 Geo. III. c. 16, because that act, in contravention of the maxim "Nullum tempus occurrit regi," (no lapse of time bars the king,) limited the crown's right to sue, etc.» to the period of sixty years. Nullum tempus aut locus occurrit regi. No time or place affects the king. 2 Inst. 273; Jenk. Cent. 83; Broom, Max. 65. Nullum tempus … [Read more...]

pleading. This is the general issue in an action of waste. Co. Entr. 700 a, 708 a. The plea of, nul waste admits nothing, but puts the whole declaration in issue; and in support of this plea the defendant may give in evidence anything which proves that the act charged is no waste, as that it happened by tempest, lightning, and the like. … [Read more...]

Latin, meaning No one can derive an advantage from his own wrong. … [Read more...]

The retum made to a writ of fieri facias, by the sheriff, when he has not found any goods of the defendant on which he could levy. … [Read more...]