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the same effect as the indorsement "Not a true bill" or "Ignoramus." A plea of the general issue in the actions of trespass and case and in criminal prosecutions. The form of the verdict in criminal cases, where the jury acquit the prisoner. 4 BL Comm. 361. NOT GUILTY BY STATUTE. In Eng lish practice. A plea of the general issue by a defendant in a civil action, when he intends to give special matter in evidence by virtue of some act or acts of parliament, in which case he must add the reference to such act or acts, and state whether such acts are public or otherwise. But, if a defendant so plead, he will not be allowed to plead any other defense, without the leave of the court or a judge. Mozley & Whitley. A special traverse used in an action of trover, alleging that de fendant was not possessed, at the time of ac tion brought, of the chattels alleged to have been converted by him. A verdict in a Scotch criminal trial, to the effect that the guilt of the accused is not made out, though his in nocence is not clear. NOT SATISFIED. A return sometimes made by sheriffs or constables to a writ of execution; but it is not a technical formula, and is condemned by the courts as ambigu ous and insufficient. See Martin v. Martin, 50 N. O. 346; Langford v. Few, 146 Mo. 142, 47 S. W. 927, 69 Am. St Rep. 606; Merrick v. Carter, 205 111. 73, 68 N. E, 750. These words, when written across the face of a negotia ble instrument operate to destroy its ne gotiability. Durr v. State, 59 Ala. 24. NOTA. Lat In the civil law. A mark or brand put upon a person by the law. Mac keld. Rom. Law, § 135. NOTiE. In civil and old European law. Short-hand characters or marks of contrac tion, in which the emperors' secretaries took down what they dictated. Spelman; Calvin. NOTARIAL. Taken by a notary; per formed by a notary in his official capacity; belonging to a notary and evidencing his offi cial character, as, a notarial seal. NOTARIUS. Lat In Roman law. A draughtsman; an amanuensis; a short-hand writer; one wha took notes of the proceed ings in the senate or a court, or of what was NOT GUILTY. NOT POSSESSED. NOT PROVEN. NOT TRANSFERABLE.

his case is put out of court by some adverse rnling which precludes a recovery. Boyce v. Snow, 187 111. 181, 58 N. E. 403; Deeley v. Heintz, 169 N. Y. 129, 62 N. E. 158; Stults v. Forst, 135 Ind. 297, 34 N. E. 1125; Wil liams v. Finks, 156 Mo. 597, 57 S. W. 732. A peremptory nonsuit is a compulsory or involuntary nonsuit, ordered by the court upon a total failure of the plaintiff to sub stantiate his claim by evidence. Jacques v. Fourthman, 137 Pa. 428, 20 Atl. 802. NOOK OF LAND. In English law. Twelve acres and a half. NORMAL. Opposed to exceptional; that state wherein any body most exactly com ports in all its parts with the abstract idea thereof, and is most exactly fitted to per form its proper functions, is entitled "nor mal." —Normal law. A term employed by modern writers on jurisprudence to denote the law as it affects persons who are in a normal condition; t. e., sui juris and sound in mind.— Normal school. See SCHOOL. NORMAN FRENCH. The tongue in which several formal proceedings of state in England are still carried on. The lan guage, having remained the same since the date of the Conquest, at which it was in troduced into England, is very different from the French of this day, retaining all the pe culiarities which at that time distinguished every province from the rest. A peculiar mode of pronunciation (considered authentic) is handed down and preserved by the officials who have, on particular occasions, to speak the tongue. Norman French was the language of English legal procedure till the 36 Edw. III. (A. D. 1382). Wharton. NORROY. In English law. The title of the third of the three kings-at-arms, or pro vincial heralds. NORTHAMPTON TABLES. Longevity and annuity tables compiled from bills of mortality kept in All Saints parish, Eng land, in 1735-1780. Noscitnr a sociis. It is known from its associates. 1 Vent. 225. The meaning of a word is or may be known from the accom panying words. 3 Term R. 87; Broom, Max. 588. Noscitnr ez socio, qui non cognos citur ex se. Moore, 817. He who cannot be known from himself may be known from his associate. » NOSOCOMI. In the civil law. Persons who have the management and care of hos pitals for paupers. NOT FOUND. These words, indorsed on a bill of indictment by a grand jury, have