NE DISTURBA PAS, pleading. The general issue in quare impedit. Hob. 162 Vide Rast, 517; Winch. Ent. 703.NE BAILA PAS. He did not deliver. This is a pl...
NAVICULARIS, civil law. He who had the management and care of a ship. The same as our sea captain. Bouch. Inst. n. 359. Vide Captain.NAVIGABLE. Capabl...
NATURALIZED CITIZEN. One who, being born an alien, has lawfully become a citizen of the United States Under the constitution and laws.2. He has all th...
NATURAL PRESUMPTIONS, evidence. Presumptions of fact; those which depend upon their own form and efficacy in generating belief or conviction in the mi...
NATURAL CHILDREN. In the phraseology of the English or American law, natural children are children born out of wedlock, or bastards, and are distingui...
NATIVES. All persons born within the jurisdiction of the United States, are considered as natives.2. Natives will be classed into those born before th...
NARROW SEAS, English law. Those seas which adjoin the coast of England. Bac. Ab. Prerogative, B 3.NATALE. The state of condition of a man acquired by ...
NAMES OF SHIPS. The act of congress of December 31, 1792, concerning the registering and recording of ships or vessels, provides, §3. That every ...
NAIL, A measure of length, equal to two inches and a quarter. Vide Measure.NAKED. This word is used in a metaphorical sense to denote that a thing is ...
MUTUAL. Reciprocal.2. In contracts there must always be a consideration in order to make them valid. This is sometimes mutual, as when one man promise...