Latin for Lawyers

NUISANCE PER SE

tion which endangers life or health and for which the law offers a remedy in damages or by injunction. NUISANCE PER SE Any act, activity or occupation, or use or maintenance of property, which is inherently and recognizably offensive or harmful to others and which is not permissible or tolerable under any circumstances. A nuisance per se exists whether or not it is the proximate cause of injury and whether or not it vio lates a specific statute. NULL [L. nullus / no, no one, not any] Of no legal effect; void, invalid. NULLA BONA (N.B.) [L. nullus, nulla / no, not any, none + bona / goods, possessions] (I found) no goods or possessions. The writ returned to the court by a sheriff who was unable to find any assets of the defendant with which to satisfy a judgment or levy. See N.B. NULLIFY [L. nullus ] To make void, invalid or ineffective. To set up a barrier to the existence or enforcement of a contract or statute. To make inoperable. NULLITY [L. nullus / no, not any] An act without legal consequence. An action which has no force or effect. For example, a marriage between two persons who, by reason of their relation ship or their incapacity, are ineligible to marry, is a nullity and will be

declared null and void in a suit for nullity of marriage . NULLUS FILIUS [L. nullus / no, not any + filius / son] The son of no one. An illegitimate child. NUNC PRO TUNC [L. nunc / now + tunc / at that time]

Literally, now for then. A device of the law which allows a present act, order or decision to have retroactive effect. This permits correction of lapses or delays in time caused by mistake or inadvertence. A nunc pro tunc entry in a court record, for example, will correct the facts in an entry originally made incorrectly. The federal rules permit the amendment of pleadings to conform to the trial record and, also, the correction of clerical mistakes in verdicts, judgments, etc. See DECREE NUNC PRO TUNC

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