Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

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NAVIS BONA

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ant is about to leave the kingdom; it is only in cases where the intention of the party to leave can be shown that the writ is granted. NE EXEAT REPUBLICA. Lat. In American practice. A writ similar to that of ne exeat regno, (q. ©.,) available to the plaintiff in a civil suit, under some circum stances, when the defendant is about to leave the state. NE GIST PAS EN BOUCHE. L. Fr. It does not lie in the mouth. A common phrase in the old books. Yearb. M. 3 Edw. II. 50. NE INJUSTE VEXES. Lat. In old English practice. A prohibitory writ, com manding a lord not to demand from the ten ant more services than were justly due by the tenure under which his ancestors held. NE LUMINIBUS OFFICIATUR. 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. Dig. 8, 4,15, 17. NE QUID IN LOCO PUBLICO VEL ITINERE FIAT. 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. NE RECIPIATUR. 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 opponent. 1 Sell. Pr. 8. NE RECTOR PROSTERNET AR BORES. L. Lat. The statute 35 Edw. I. § 2, prohibiting rectors, i. e., parsons, from cutting down the trees in church-yards. In Rutland v. Green, 1 Keb. 557, it was extended to prohibit them from opening new mines and working the minerals therein. Brown. NE RELESSA PAS. L. Fr. Did not release. Where the defendant had pleaded a release, this was the proper replication by way of traverse. NE UNQUES ACCOUPLE. L. Fr. Never married. More fully, we unques ac couple en loiall matrimonie, never joined in lawful marriage. The name of a plea in the action of dower unde nihil habet, by which the tenant denied that the dowress was ever lawfully married to the decedent. NE UNQUES EXECUTOR. L. Fr. Never executor. The name of a plea by which the defendant denies that he is an ex

NAVTS BONA. Lat. A good ship; one that was staunch and strong, well caulked, and stiffened to bear the sea, obedient to her helm, swift, and not unduly affected by the wind. Calvin. NAVY. A fleet of ships; the aggregate of vessels of war belonging to an independ ent nation. NAVY BILLS. Bills drawn by officers 'of the English navy for their pay, etc. NAVY DEPARTMENT. One of the executive departments of the United States, presided over by the secretary of the navy, and having in charge the defense of the coun try by sea, by means of ships of war and other naval appliances. NAVY PENSION. A pecuniary allow ance made in consideration of past services of some one in the navy. NAZERANNA. A sum paid to govern ment as an acknowledgment for a grant of lands, or any public office. Enc. Lond. NAZIM. In Hindu law. Composer, ar ranger, adjuster. The first officer of a prov ince, and minister of the department of criminal justice. NE ADMITTAS. Lat. In ecclesiastical law. The name of a prohibitory writ, di rected to the bishop, at the request of the plaintiff or defendant, where a quare impedit is pending, when either party fears that the bishop will admit the other's clerk pend ing the suit between them. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 37. NE BAILA PAS. L. Fr. He did not deliver. A plea in detinue, denying the de livery to the defendant of the thing sued for. NE DISTURBA PAS. L. Fr. (Does or did not disturb) In English practice. The general issue or general plea in quare impedit. 3 Steph. Comm. 663. NE DONA PAS, or NON DEDIT. The general issue in a formedon, now abol ished. It denied the gift in tail to have been made in manner and form as alleged; and was therefore the proper plea, if the tenant meant to dispute the fact of the gift, but did not apply to any other case. 5 East, 289. NE EXEAT REGNO. Lat. In English practice. A writ which issues to restrain a person from leaving the kingdom. It was for merly used for political purposes, but is now only resorted to in equity when the defend

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