KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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NULLUS DICITUR FBLO

NULLITY

to an action of debt upon an obligation for the performance of an award, by which the defendant denies that he submitted to ar bitration, etc. Bac. Abr. "Arbitr." etc., G. Nullum iniquum est prsesumendum in jure. 7 Coke, 71. No iniquity is to be pre sumed in law. Nullum matrimonium, ibi nulla dos. No marriage, no dower. Wait T. Wait, 4 Barb. (N. Y.) 192, 194. Nullum simile est idem nisi quatuor pedibus currit. Co. Litt. 3. No like is identical, unless it run on all fours. Nullum simile quatuor pedibus currit. No simile runs upon four feet, (or all fours, as it is otherwise expressed.) No simile holds in everything. Co. Litt. 3a/ Ex parte Foster, 2 Story, 143, Fed. Cas. No. 4960. NULLUM TEMPUS ACT., In English law. A name given to the statute 3 Geo. III. c. 16, because that act, in contravention of the maxim "Nullum tempus occurrit regi," (no lapse of time bars the king,) lim ited the crown's right to sue, etc., to the pe riod of sixty years. tempus aut locus occurrit regi. No time or place affects the king. 2 Inst. 273; Jenk. Cent 83; Broom, Max. 65. Nullum tempus occurrit reipublicae. No time runs [time does not run] against the commonwealth or state. Levasser r. Washburn, 11 Grat. (Va.) 572. Nullus alius quant rex possit episcopo demandare inquisitionem faciendam. Co. Litt. 134. No other than the king can command the bishop to make an inquisition. Nullus commodum capere potest do injuria sua propria. No one can obtain an advantage by his own wrong. Co. Litt 148; Broom, Max. 279. Nullus debet agere de dolo, ubi alia actio subest. Where another form of ac tion is given, no one ought to sue in the ac tion de dolo. 7 Coke, 92. Nullus dicitur accessorius post felo niam, sed ille qui novit principalem feloniam fecisse, et ilium receptavit et comfortavit. 3 Inst 138. No one is call ed an "accessary" after the fact but he who knew the principal to have committed a fel ony, and received and comforted him. Nullus dicitur felo principalis nisi actor, aut qui prsesens est, abettans aut auxilians ad feloniam faciendam. No one is called a "principal felon" except the party actually committing the felony, or ths Nul lum

own property. Dig. 8, 2, 26; 2 Bouv. Inst no. 1600; Grant v. Chase; 17 Mass. 443, 9 Am. Dec. 161. Nothing; no proceeding; an act or proceeding in a cause which the op posite party may treat as though it had not taken place, or which has absolutely no legal force or effect. Salter v. Hilgen, 40 Wis. 363; Jenness v. Lapeer County Circuit Judge, 42 Mich. 469, 4 N. W. 220; Johnson v. Hines, 61 Md. 122. —Absolute nullity. In Spanish law, nullity is either absolute or relative. The former is that which arises from the law, whether civil or criminal, the principal motive for which is the public interest, while the latter is that which affects one certain individual. Sunol v. Hepburn, 1 Cal. 281. No such distinction, however, is recognized in American law, and the term "absolute nullity" is used more for emphasis than as indicating a degree of invalid ity. As to the ratification or subsequent valida tion of "absolute nullities," see Means v. Rob inson, 7 Tex. 502, 516.—Nullity of marriage. The entire invalidity of a supposed, pretended, or attempted marriage, by reason of relation ship or incapacity of the parties or other diri ment impediments. An action seeking a decree declaring such an assumed marriage to be null and void is called a suit of "nullity of mar riage." It differs from an action for divorce, because the latter supposes the existence of a valid and lawful marriage. See 2 Bish. Mar. & Div. §§ 289-294. NULLITY. NULLIUS FILIUS. Lat. The son of no body ; a bastard. Nullius hotminis auctoritas apud nos valere debet, ut meliora non sequere mur si quis attulerit. The authority of no man ought to prevail with us, so far as to prevent our following better [opinions] if any one should present them. Co. Litt. 383o. NUIXIUS IN BONIS. Lat. Among the property of no person. NUIXIUS JURIS. Lat. In old English law. Of no legal force. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 60, S 24. No award. The name of a plea in an action on an arbitration bond, for not fulfilling the award, by which the defendant traverses the allegation that there was an award made. Nullum crimen majus est inobedien tia. No crime is greater than disobedience. Jenk. Cent p. 77, case 48. Applied to the refusal of an officer to return a writ. Nullum exemplum est idem omnibus. No example is the same for all purposes. Co. Litt. 212a. No one precedent is adapted to all cases. A maxim in conveyancing. NULLUM FECERUNT ARBITRIUM. L. Lat In pleading. The name of a plea NULLUM ARBITRIUM. L. Lat.