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NEGOCE

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Fr. Business; trade; management of affairs. … [Read more...]

NEMO

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Latin: No one; no man. The initial word of many Latin phrases and maxima, among which are the following: Nemo admittendus est inhabilitare seipsum. No man is to be admitted to incapacitate himself. Nemo agit in seipsum. No man acts against himself. Jenk. Cent p. 40, case 76. A man cannot be a judge and a party in his own cause. Id.; Broom, Max. 216fk Nemo alienae rei, sine … [Read more...]

NEGOTIABILITY

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In mercantile law. Transferable quality. That quality of bills of exchange and promissory notes which renders them transferable from one person to another, and from possessing which they are emphatically termed "negotiable paper." 3 Kent, Comm. 74, 77, 89, et seq. See Story, Bills, … [Read more...]

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