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Nations




Nations

Nations or states are independent bodies politic; societies of men united together for the purpose of promoting their mutual safety and advantage by the joint efforts of their combined strength.

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Nations
Nations or states are independent bodies politic; societies of men united together for the purpose of promoting their mutual safety and advantage by the joint efforts of their combined strength.

States
By this name are understood in some countries, the assembly of the different orders of the people to regulate the affairs of the commonwealth, as, the states general.

Mutual
Reciprocal.

Joint
United, not separate; as, joint action, or one which is brought by several persons acting together; joint bond, a bond given by two or more obligors.



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Nation
A group or race of people that share history, traditions and culture. The United Kingdom is comprised of four nations or national groups: the English, Scots, Irish and Welsh. Canada includes French-Canadians, English-Canadians and a number of aboriginal nations. Thus, states may be comprised of one or several nations. It is common English to use the word "nation" when referring to what is known in law as "states."

National
National or public domain. All the property which belongs to the state is comprehended under the name of national or public domain.

National insurance
National insurance refers to a system of taxes, and related social security benefits, that has been active in the United Kingdom since its introduction in 1911.

National insurance contributions
National Insurance Contributions must be paid by employers and employees. They are collected through the "pay as you earn" income tax collection system. The employer must make appropriate deductions from earnings and make payments of both his and his employees' contributions each month.

National labor relations board (nlrb)
A federal agency which prevents and remedies unfair labor practices by employers and labor organizations

National legislation and international conventions
An approach to the conflict of laws whereby conflicts problems are solved by the application of conflict rules enacted by national legislation or international conventions.

National treatment
A tenet of international trade agreements whereby nations must afford imported goods the same treatment that they afford domestic or "national" products (no discrimination).

Nationality
The state of a person in relation to the nation in which he was born.

Natives
All persons born within the jurisdiction of the United States, are considered as natives. Natives will be classed into those born before the declaration of independence, and those born since.



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National insurance contributions
National Insurance Contributions must be paid by employers and employees. They are collected through the "pay as you earn" income tax collection system. The employer must make appropriate deductions from earnings and make payments of both his and his employees' contributions each month.

National labor relations board (nlrb)
A federal agency which prevents and remedies unfair labor practices by employers and labor organizations

National legislation and international conventions
An approach to the conflict of laws whereby conflicts problems are solved by the application of conflict rules enacted by national legislation or international conventions.

National treatment
A tenet of international trade agreements whereby nations must afford imported goods the same treatment that they afford domestic or "national" products (no discrimination).

Nationality
The state of a person in relation to the nation in which he was born.

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Natives
All persons born within the jurisdiction of the United States, are considered as natives. Natives will be classed into those born before the declaration of independence, and those born since.

Nato official
As a nonimmigrant class of admission, an alien coming temporarily to the United States as a member of the armed forces or as a civilian employed by the armed forces on assignment with a foreign government signatory to NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the alien’s spouse and unmarried minor (or dependent) children.

Natural affection
The affection which a husband, a father, a brother, or other near relative, naturally feels towards those who are so nearly allied to him, sometimes supplies the place of a valuable consideration in contracts; and natural affection is a good consideration in a deed For example, if a father should covenant without any other consideration to stand seised to the use of his child, the naming him to be of kin implies the consideration of natural affection, whereupon such use will arise.

Natural children
In the phraseology of the English or American law, natural children are children born out of wedlock, or bastards, and are distinguished from legitimate children; but in the language of the civil law, natural are distinguished from adoptive children, that is, they are the children of the parents spoken of, by natural procreation.

Natural day
That space of time included between the rising and the setting of the sun.

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