NON EST INVENTUS

Latin: He is not found. The sheriff’s return to process requiring him to arrest the body of the defendant, when the latter is not found within his jurisdiction. It is often abbreviated “n. e. i,” or written, in English, “not found.” The Bremena v. Card (D. C.) 38 Fed. 144. Non est jus turn allquem antcnatum post mortem facere bastardum qui toto temporo vita suss pro legitimo babe-batur. It is not just to make an elder-born a bastard after his death, who during his lifetime was accounted legitimate. 12 Coke, 44. Nom est novum ut priores leges ad pesteriores trabantur. It is no new thing that prior statutes should give place to later ones. Non est regula quin fallet. There is no rule but what may fail. Off. Exec. 212. Non est singulis concedendum, quod per magistratum publice possit neri, ne occasio sit majoris tumultuf faciendi. That is not to be conceded to private persons which can be publicly done by the magistrate, lest it be the occasion of greater tumults. Dig. 50, 17, 176. . Non en opinionibus singulomm, sed en communi usi, nomina ezaudiri debent. The names of things ought to be understood, not according to the opinions of individuals, but according to common usage. Dig. 33, 10, 7, 2. Non facias malum, ut inde flat bonum. You are not to do evil, that good may be or result therefrom. 11 Coke, 74a; 5 Coke, 30b.