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Null
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NullProperly, that which does not .exist; that which is not in the nature of things. In a figurative sense it signifies that which has no more effect than if it did not exist.
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Things
By this word is understood every object, except man, which may become an active subject of right. Code du Canton de Berne, art. 332. In this sense it is opposed, in the language of the law, to the word persons.
Effect
The operation of a law, of an agreement, or an act, is called its effect.
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Nul tiel record
Pleading. No such record.
Nul tort
Pleading No wrong.
Nul waste
Pleading. This is the gene- ral issue in an action of waste. Co. Entr. 700 a, 708 a. The plea of, nul waste ad- mits nothing, but puts the whole declaration in issue; and in support of this plea the defendant may give in evidence anything which proves that the act charged is no waste, as that it happened by tempest, light- ning, and the like.
Nulia bona
The retum made to a writ of fieri facias, by the sheriff, when he has not found any goods of the defendant on which he could levy.
Nulius filius
The son of no one; a bastard.
Null
Nullity
A decree indicating that a marriage is null and void.
Nullum arbitrium
Pleading. The name of a plea to an action on an arbitra- tion bond for not fulfilling the award, by which the defendant asserts that there is no award.
Nullum fecerunt arbitrium
The name of a plea to an action of debt upon an obligation for the performance of an award, by which the defendant denies that he submitted to arbitration, &c.
Number indefinite
A number which may be increased or diminished at pleasure.
Nunc pro tunc
Practice. This phrase, which signifies now for then, is used to express that a thing is done at one time which ought to have been performed at an- other. Leave of court must be obtained to do things nunc pro tunc, and this is granted to answer the purposes of justice, but never to do injustice A judgment nunc pro tunc can be entered only when the delay has arisen from the act of the court.
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Things
By this word is understood every object, except man, which may become an active subject of right. Code du Canton de Berne, art. 332. In this sense it is opposed, in the language of the law, to the word persons.
Effect
The operation of a law, of an agreement, or an act, is called its effect.
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Nul tiel record
Pleading. No such record.
Nul tort
Pleading No wrong.
Nul waste
Pleading. This is the gene- ral issue in an action of waste. Co. Entr. 700 a, 708 a. The plea of, nul waste ad- mits nothing, but puts the whole declaration in issue; and in support of this plea the defendant may give in evidence anything which proves that the act charged is no waste, as that it happened by tempest, light- ning, and the like.
Nulia bona
The retum made to a writ of fieri facias, by the sheriff, when he has not found any goods of the defendant on which he could levy.
Nulius filius
The son of no one; a bastard.
Null
Nullity
A decree indicating that a marriage is null and void.
Nullum arbitrium
Pleading. The name of a plea to an action on an arbitra- tion bond for not fulfilling the award, by which the defendant asserts that there is no award.
Nullum fecerunt arbitrium
The name of a plea to an action of debt upon an obligation for the performance of an award, by which the defendant denies that he submitted to arbitration, &c.
Number indefinite
A number which may be increased or diminished at pleasure.
Nunc pro tunc
Practice. This phrase, which signifies now for then, is used to express that a thing is done at one time which ought to have been performed at an- other. Leave of court must be obtained to do things nunc pro tunc, and this is granted to answer the purposes of justice, but never to do injustice A judgment nunc pro tunc can be entered only when the delay has arisen from the act of the court.
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