Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

NEMO TENETUR ARMARE, ETC. 812 NEW AND USEFUL INVENTION

NET BALANCE. The proceeds of sale, after deducting expenses. 71 Pa. St. 69. NET PRICE. The lowest price, after deducting all discounts. NET PROFITS. This term does not mean what is made over the losses, expenses, and interest on the amount invested. It in cludes the gain that accrues on the invest ment, after deducting simply the losses and expenses of the business. 50 Ga. 350. NET WEIGHT. The weight of an ar tic'e or collection of articles, after deducting from the gross weight the weight of the boxes, coverings, casks, etc., containing the same. The weight of an animal dressed for sale, after rejecting hide, offal, etc. NETHER HOUSE OF PARLIA MENT. A name given to the English house of commons in the time of Henry VIII. NEUTRAL. In international law. In different; impartial; not engaged on either side; not taking an active part with either of the contending states. In an interna tional war, the principal hostile powers are called "belligerents;" those actively co-oper ating with and assisting them, their "allies;" and those taking no part whatever, "neu trals. " NEUTRAL PROPERTY. Property which belongs to citizens of neutral powers, and is used, treated, and accompanied by proper insignia as such. NEUTRALITY. The state of a nation which takes no part between two or more other nations at war. NEVER INDEBTED, PLEA OF. A species of traverse which occurs in actions of debt on simple contract, and is resorted to when the defendant means to deny in point of fact the existence of any express contract to the effect alleged in the declaration, or to deny the matters of fact from which such contract would by law be implied. Steph. PI. 153, 156; Wharton. NEW AND USEFUL INVENTION. This phrase is used in the United States patent laws to designate the kind of inven* tion which is patentable. The word "use ful" does not import that the invention should invariably be superior to the modes previously in use for the same purpose, but means that it must have real utility, in con tradistinction to frivolous or mischievous in ventions. 1 Mason, 182.

Nemo tenetur armare adversarium contra se. Wing. Max. 665. No one is bound to arm his adversary against himself. Nemo tenetur divinare. No man is bound to divine, or to have foreknowledge of, a future event. 10 Coke, 55a. Nemo tenetur edere instrumenta con tra se. No man is bound to produce writings against himself. A rule of the Roman law, adhered to in criminal prosecutions, but de parted from in civil questions. Bell. Nemo tenetur informare qui nescit, sed quisquis scire quod informat. Branch, Princ. No one is bound to give information about things he is ignorant of, but every one is bound to know that which he gives in formation about. Nemo tenetur jurare in suam turpi tudinem. No one is bound to swear to the fact of his own criminality; no one can be forced to give his own oath in evidence of his guilt. Bell; Halk. 100. Nemo tenetur prodere seipsum. No one is bound to betray himself. In other words, no one can be compelled to criminate himself. Broom, Max. 968. Nemo tenetur seipsum accusare. Wing. Max. 486. No one is bound to accuse himself. Nemo tenetur seipsum infortuniis et periculis exponere. No one is bound to expose himself to misfortunes and dangers. Co. Litt. 2535. Nemo unquam judicet in se. No one can ever be a judge in his own cause. Nemo unquam vir magnus fuit, sine aliquo divino afflatu. No one was ever a great man without some divine inspiration. Cicero. Nemo videtur fraudare eos qui sciunt et consentiunt. No one seems [is supposed] to defraud those who know and assent [to his acts.] Dig. 50, 17, 145. NEMY. L. Fr. Not. Litt. § 3. NEPHEW. The son of a brother or sister. Nephew and uncle are related in the third degree according to the civil law, but by the canon law, in the second degree. NEPOS. Lat. A grandson. NEPTIS. Lat. A granddaughter. NEPUOY. In Scotch law. A grandson. Skene.

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