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NAM. In old English law. A distress or seizure of chattels. As a Latin conjunction, for; because. Often used by the old writers in introducing the quotation of a Latin maxim. NAMABE. L. Lat. In old records. To, take, seize, or distrain. NAMATIO. L. Lat. In old English and Scotch law. A distraining or taking of a distress; an impounding. Spelman. NAME. The designation of an individual person, or of a firm or corporation. In law a man cannot have more than one Christian name. Rex v. Newman, 1 Ld. Raym. 562. As to the history of Christian names and surnames and their use and relative impor tance in law, see In re Snook, 2 Hilt. (N. Y.) 566. —Name and arms clause. The popular name in English law for the clause, sometimes in serted in a will or settlement by which prop erty is given to a person, for the purpose of im posing on him the condition that he shall as sume the surname and arms of the testator or settlor, with a direction that, if he neglects to assume or discontinues the use of them, the es tate shall devolve on the next person in re mainder, and a provision for preserving contin gent remainders. 3 Dav. Prec. Conv. 277; Sweet NAMIUM. L. Lat. In old English law. .A taking; a distress. Spelman. Things, goods, or animals taken by way of distress. Simplex namium, a simple taking or pledge. Bract, fol. 2056. -Namium vetitum. An unjust taking of the cattle of another and driving them to an unlaw ful place, pretending damage done by them. 3 Bl. Comm. 149. NANTES, EDICT OF. A celebrated law for the security of Protestants, made by Henry IV. of France, and revoked by Louis XIV., October 2, 1685. NANTISSEMENT, in French law, is the contract of pledge; if of a movable, it is call ed "gage;" and if of an immovable, it is called "antichrese." Brown. NABB. A common abbreviation of "nar ratio," (q. v.) A declaration in an action. Jacob. NABBATIO. Lat. One of the common law names for a plaintiffs count or declara tion, as being a narrative of the facts on which he relies. NABBATIVE. In Scotch conveyancing. That part of a deed which describes the gran tor, and person in whose favor the deed is granted, and states the cause (consideration) of granting. Bell.

N. An abbreviation of "Novella," the Novels of Justinian, used In citing them. Tayl. Civil Law, 24. In English, a common and familiar abbre viation for the word "north," as used in maps, charts, conveyances, etc. See Burr v. Broadway Ins. Co., 16 N. Y. 271. N. A. An abbreviation for "non alloca tur," it is not allowed. N. B. An abbreviation for "nota bene," mark well, observe; also "nulla bona," no goods. N. D. An abbreviation for "Northern Dis trict" N. E. I. An abbreviation for "non est in ventus," he is not found. N. Ii. An abbreviation of "non liquet," (which see.) N. P. An abbreviation ror "notary pub lic," (Rowley v. Berrian, 12 111. 200;) also for "nisi prius," (q. v.) N. B. An abbreviation for "New Re ports ;" also for "not reported," and for "nonresident." N. S. An abbreviation for "New Series;" also for "New Style." NAAM. Sax. The attaching or taking of movable goods and chattels, called "vif" or "mort" according as the chattels were living or dead. Termes de la Ley. NABOB. Originally the governor of a province under the Mogul government of Hin dostan, whence it became a mere title of any man of high rank, upon whom it was con ferred without any office being attached to it. Wils. Indian Gloss. NAIF. L. Fr. A villein; a born slave; a bondwoman. NAIL. A lineal measure of two inches and a quarter. NAKED. As a term of jurisprudence, this word is equivalent to bare, wanting in nec essary conditions, incomplete, as a. naked con tract, (nudum pactum,) i. e., a contract de void of consideration, and therefore invalid; or simple, unilateral, comprising but a single element, as a naked authority, i. e., one which is not coupled with any interest in the agent, but subsists for the benefit of the principal alone. As to naked "Confession," "Deposit," "Pos session," "Possibility," "Power," "Promise," and "Trust," see those titles.