TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
Properly, that which does not exist; that which is not in the nature of things. In a figurative sense it signifies that which has no more effect than if it did not exist. Naught; of no validity or effect. Usually coupled with the word "void;" as null and void." … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
An acre of land. Spelman. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
Having not value or effect. Is effectively ended completely without amounting to anything. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
Latin: In the civil law. Money told or counted; money paid by tale. Inst 3, 24, 2; Bract fol. 35. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
Latin: No goods. The name of the return made by the sheriff to a writ of execution, when he has not found any goods of the defendant within his jurisdiction on which he could levy. Woodward v. Harbin, 1 Ala. 108; Reed v. Lowe, 163 Mo. 519, 63 S. W. 687, 85 Am. St Rep. 578; Lang ford v. Few, 146 Mo. 142, 47 S. W. 927, 69 Am. St. Rep. 606. Nulla curia quae recordum non habet … [Read more...]