Latin for Lawyers

N.A.

N.A. Abbreviation for not available , or not applicable . Also for non allocatur , it is not allowed. See NON ALLOCATUR NARRATIO A story, a tale or narrative. A legal declaration or complaint. The claims or counts in a complaint. NATI ET NASCITURI [L. nascor, nasci / to be born] Those who are already born or in being and those who will be born. NATION [L. nasci, natus / to be born] A group of people with a common history and occupying a particular terri tory together. A group of people swearing allegiance to a common govern ment. A territorial division defined by fixed geographical boundaries. A political entity recognized as self-governing by the international community, with its own system of laws. Loosely, a group of people with a common his tory but who may have been dispersed into or across other nations; e.g., vari ous Indian nations in the United States. NATIVE [L. natura / birth] Born or raised in a particular place. Indigenous to. A person born within a designated jurisdiction. Also, grown or originating in a defined area. A local resident, as opposed to a visitor or transient. NATURAL [L. natura (birth), naturalis / produced by birth, relating to nature] According to the laws and conditions which exist in nature independently of the intervention of man. Also, based on inherent principles of right and wrong. Having a real or palpable existence as distinguished from matters of the mind or spirit. Natural consequences are those results which would rea sonably and normally be anticipated from the occurrence of a particular event. A natural father is a child’s biological father, not his adoptive father.

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