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Nomination
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Nomination1) An appointment; as, I nominate A B, executor of this my last will. 2) A proposition; the word nominate is used in this sense in the constitution of the United States, the president "shall nominate, and by and with the consent of the senate, shall appoint ambassadors,"
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Appointment
1) Government, wills. The act by which a person is selected and invested with an office; as the appointment of a judge, of which the making out of his commission is conclusive evidence. 2) By appointment is also understood a public employment, nearly synonymous with office.
Executor
A person specifically appointed by a testator to administer the will ensuring that final wishes are respected (i.e. that the will is properly "executed"). An executor is a personal representative.
Will
A will is a legal document in which a person directs how his property is to be distributed after his death. Such documents must be executed in due form and must be duly witnessed.
Proposition
An offer to do something. Until it has been accepted, a proposition may be withdrawn by the party who makes it; and to be binding, the acceptance must be in the same terms, without any variation.
Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Constitution
1) Contracts. The constitution of a contract, is the making of the contract as, the written constitution of a debt. 2) Government. The fundamental law of the state, containing the principles upon which the government is founded, and regulating the divisions of the sovereign powers, directing to what persons each of these powers is to be confided, and the, manner it is to be exercised as, the Constitution of the United States.
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.
President
An officer of a company who is to direct the manner in which business is to be transacted. From the decision of the president there is an appeal to the body over which he presides.
Consent
Agreement; voluntary acceptance of the wish of another.
Senate
Government. The less numerous branch of the legislature.
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Nominal
Relating to a name.
Nominal damages
A trivial sum awarded where a mere breach of duty or infraction of right is shown, with no serious loss sustained.
Nominal plaintiff
One who is named as the plaintiff in an action, but who has no interest in it, having assigned the cause or right of action to another, for whose use it is brought.
Nominate contract
Civil law. Nominate contracts are those which have a particular name to distinguish them; as, purchase and sale, hiring, partnership, loan for use, deposit, and the like. Innominate contracts are those which have no particular name.
Nomine poenae
Contracts. The name of a penalty incurred by the lessee to the lessor, for the non-payment of rent at the day appointed by the lease or agreement for its payment. It is usually a gross sum of money, though it may be any thing else, appointed to be paid by the tenant to the reversioner, if the duties are in arrear, in addition to the duties themselves.
Nominee
One who has been named or proposed for an office. NON. Not. When prefixed to other words, it is used as a negative as non access, non assumpsit.
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Nomen generalissimum
A name which applies generally to a number of things; as, land, which is a general name by which everything attached to the freehold will pass.
Nominal
Relating to a name.
Nominal damages
A trivial sum awarded where a mere breach of duty or infraction of right is shown, with no serious loss sustained.
Nominal plaintiff
One who is named as the plaintiff in an action, but who has no interest in it, having assigned the cause or right of action to another, for whose use it is brought.
Nominate contract
Civil law. Nominate contracts are those which have a particular name to distinguish them; as, purchase and sale, hiring, partnership, loan for use, deposit, and the like. Innominate contracts are those which have no particular name.
Nomination
Nomine poenae
Contracts. The name of a penalty incurred by the lessee to the lessor, for the non-payment of rent at the day appointed by the lease or agreement for its payment. It is usually a gross sum of money, though it may be any thing else, appointed to be paid by the tenant to the reversioner, if the duties are in arrear, in addition to the duties themselves.
Nominee
One who has been named or proposed for an office. NON. Not. When prefixed to other words, it is used as a negative as non access, non assumpsit.
Non
Not. When prefixed to other words, it is used as a negative as non access, non assumpsit.
Non acceptavit
The name of a plea to an action of assumpsit brought against the drawee of a bill of exchange upon a supposed acceptance by him.
Non access
The non existence of sexual intercourse is generally expressed by the words " non access of the husband to the wife which expressions, in a case of bastardy, are understood to mean the same thing.
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Appointment
1) Government, wills. The act by which a person is selected and invested with an office; as the appointment of a judge, of which the making out of his commission is conclusive evidence. 2) By appointment is also understood a public employment, nearly synonymous with office.
Executor
A person specifically appointed by a testator to administer the will ensuring that final wishes are respected (i.e. that the will is properly "executed"). An executor is a personal representative.
Will
A will is a legal document in which a person directs how his property is to be distributed after his death. Such documents must be executed in due form and must be duly witnessed.
Proposition
An offer to do something. Until it has been accepted, a proposition may be withdrawn by the party who makes it; and to be binding, the acceptance must be in the same terms, without any variation.
Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Constitution
1) Contracts. The constitution of a contract, is the making of the contract as, the written constitution of a debt. 2) Government. The fundamental law of the state, containing the principles upon which the government is founded, and regulating the divisions of the sovereign powers, directing to what persons each of these powers is to be confided, and the, manner it is to be exercised as, the Constitution of the United States.
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.
President
An officer of a company who is to direct the manner in which business is to be transacted. From the decision of the president there is an appeal to the body over which he presides.
Consent
Agreement; voluntary acceptance of the wish of another.
Senate
Government. The less numerous branch of the legislature.
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Nominal
Relating to a name.
Nominal damages
A trivial sum awarded where a mere breach of duty or infraction of right is shown, with no serious loss sustained.
Nominal plaintiff
One who is named as the plaintiff in an action, but who has no interest in it, having assigned the cause or right of action to another, for whose use it is brought.
Nominate contract
Civil law. Nominate contracts are those which have a particular name to distinguish them; as, purchase and sale, hiring, partnership, loan for use, deposit, and the like. Innominate contracts are those which have no particular name.
Nomine poenae
Contracts. The name of a penalty incurred by the lessee to the lessor, for the non-payment of rent at the day appointed by the lease or agreement for its payment. It is usually a gross sum of money, though it may be any thing else, appointed to be paid by the tenant to the reversioner, if the duties are in arrear, in addition to the duties themselves.
Nominee
One who has been named or proposed for an office. NON. Not. When prefixed to other words, it is used as a negative as non access, non assumpsit.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Nomen generalissimum
A name which applies generally to a number of things; as, land, which is a general name by which everything attached to the freehold will pass.
Nominal
Relating to a name.
Nominal damages
A trivial sum awarded where a mere breach of duty or infraction of right is shown, with no serious loss sustained.
Nominal plaintiff
One who is named as the plaintiff in an action, but who has no interest in it, having assigned the cause or right of action to another, for whose use it is brought.
Nominate contract
Civil law. Nominate contracts are those which have a particular name to distinguish them; as, purchase and sale, hiring, partnership, loan for use, deposit, and the like. Innominate contracts are those which have no particular name.
Nomination
Nomine poenae
Contracts. The name of a penalty incurred by the lessee to the lessor, for the non-payment of rent at the day appointed by the lease or agreement for its payment. It is usually a gross sum of money, though it may be any thing else, appointed to be paid by the tenant to the reversioner, if the duties are in arrear, in addition to the duties themselves.
Nominee
One who has been named or proposed for an office. NON. Not. When prefixed to other words, it is used as a negative as non access, non assumpsit.
Non
Not. When prefixed to other words, it is used as a negative as non access, non assumpsit.
Non acceptavit
The name of a plea to an action of assumpsit brought against the drawee of a bill of exchange upon a supposed acceptance by him.
Non access
The non existence of sexual intercourse is generally expressed by the words " non access of the husband to the wife which expressions, in a case of bastardy, are understood to mean the same thing.
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