Lat. In old English practice. A prohibitory writ com manding a lord not to demand from the tenant more services than were justly due by the tenure under which his […]

Lat. In the civil law . The name of a servitude which restrains the owner of a house from making such erections as obstruct the light of the adjoining house. […]

Lat That nothing shall be done (put or erected) in a public place or way. The title of an interdict in the Roman law. Dig. 43, 8.

Lat That it be not received. A caveat or warning given to a law officer, by a party in a cause, not to re- ceive the next proceedings of his […]

L. Lat. The statute 35 Edw. I.

L. Fr. Did not release. Where the defendant had pleaded a release, this was the proper replication by way of traverse.

L. Fr. Never married. More fully, ne unques accouple en loiall matrimonie, never joined in lawful marriage. The name of a plea in the action of dower unde nihil habet […]

L. Fr. Never executor. The name of a plea by which the defendant denies that he is an ex- ecutor, as he is alleged to be; or that the plaintiff […]

L. Fr. (Never seised of a dowable estate.) In pleading. The general Issue in the action of dower unde nil habet, by which the tenant denies that the demandant’s husband […]

L. Fr. In pleading. The name of a plea in an action of account-render, by which the defendant denies that he ever was receiver of the plaintiff. 12 Vin. Abr. […]

tary of the navy, and having in charge the defense of the country by sea, by means of ships of war and other naval appliances.

Those tides which happen between the full and change of the moon, twice in every twenty-four hours. Tesche- macher v. Thompson, 18 Cal. 21, 70 Am. Dec. 101.

This word, as applied to space, can have no positive or precise meaning. It is a relative term, depending for its signification on the subject-matter in relation to which it […]

Possibly resulting from an event-sequence that did occur, but, due to prevailing conditions, a specific type of potentially significant event that almost occurred, yet did not.

Non-cash, liquid assets , like gilt edged securities, that can be quickly sold for cash, but are not used as the regular exchange medium in everyday transactions. A near-money type […]

Quickly exchangeable for cash, these specific type of Items are like rent income, for example.

The shortest maturity or settlement dated future or option. Just after the nearby futures contract settles, the next futures contract is the next closest futures contract that settles. The most […]

Oxen or heifers. “Beeves” may include neat stock, but all neat stock are not beeves. Castello v. State, 36 Tex. 324; Ilubotter v. State, 32 Tex. 479.

Land let out to the yeomanry. Cowell.

The clear weight or quantity of an article, without the bag, box, keg, or other thing in which it may be enveloped.

In pleading. The statement in apt and appropriate words of all the necessary facts, and no more. Lavves, Pi. 62. Nec curia deficexet in justitia exlii- beuda. Nor should the […]

Things indispensable , or things proper and useful, for the sustenance of human life. This is a relative term, and its meaning will contract or expand according to the situation […]

Lat Necessary; unavoidable; indispensable ; not admitting of choice or the action of the will; needful.

As used in jurisprudence , the word “necessary” does not always import an absolute physical necessity , so strong that one thing, to which another may be termed “necessary,” cannot […]

A term said to be of much wider scope in the law of damages than “pecuniary.” It embraces all those consequences of an injury usually denominated “general” damages, as distinguished […]