NUL

Nul ne doit s'enrichir aux depens des autres. No one ought to enrich himself at the expense of others. Nul prendra advantage do son tort demesne. No one shall take advantage of his own wrong. See 112 La. 363, 65 L. R. A. 129, 36 South 414.

Nul sans damage avera error ou attaint. No one shall have error or attaint, without damage.

Nul tiel agard. No such award. See Nul agard.

Nul tiel corporation. No such corporation.

Nul tiel record. No such record, a plea denying the existence of a record forming the basis of an action.

Nul tort. No wrong, at one time the general issue in a real action. Nul waste. No waste, the general issue in an action for waste. Nul waste fait. No waste

mitted. Same as Nul waste.

com

Null. Nonexistent; void. Null and void. Often means voidable. See 73 Mo. App. 271. Nulla bona. No goods, the return of an officer on a writ of attachment or execution when he has found no goods upon which he could levy. See 146 Pa. 344, 28 Am. St. Rep. 798, 23 Atl. 245. Nulla curia quae recordum non habet

potest imponere finem, neque aliquem mandare carceri, quia ista spectant tantummodo ad curias de recordo. No court which has not a record can impose a fine, nor can it order anyone to be imprisoned, because those matters belong only to courts of record. Nulla emptio sine pretio esse potest. There can be no sale without a price. See 4 Pick (Mass.) 189. Nulla impossibilia aut inhonesta sunt praesumenda; vera autem et

NULLUM

Nullum simile est idem.

Nothing similar is the same thing. See 6

Binn. (Pa.) 506.

Nullum simile quatuor pedibus cur

rit. Nothing similar runs upon four feet, i. e., is on all-fours with. Nullum tempus occurrit regi. No time bars the king. See 160 Ill. 77, 52 Am. St. Rep. 306, 43 N. E. 382.

Nullum tempus occurrit reipublicae. No time bars the state. See 116

Ga. 313, 59 L. R. A. 101, 42 S. E. 466. Nullus commodum capere potest de injuria sua propria. No one can take advantage of his own wrong. See 112 Iowa, 41, 84 Am. St. Rep. 323, 51 L. R. A. 141, 83 N. W. 800. Nullus debet agere de dolo, ubi alia actio subest. Where another action exists, no one ought to sue in an action for fraud. Nullus dicitur accessorius post feloniam sed ille qui novit principalem feloniam fecisse, et illum receptavit et comfortavit. No one is called an accessory after the felony but that one who knew that the principal had committed the felony and he received him and comforted him.

Nullus dicitur felo principalis nisi actor, aut qui praesens est, abettans aut auxilians actorem ad feloniam faciendam. No one is called a principal felon except the person committing, or one who is present abetting or aiding him in the commission of the felony. Nullus idoneus testis in re sua intelligitur. No one is deemed to be a qualified witness in his own behalf.

Nullus jus alienum forisfacere potest. Another can forfeit no (one's) right

Nullus recedat e curia cancellaria

sine remedio. No one departs

NUNQUAM

from a court of chancery without a remedy.

Nullus videtur dolo facere qui suo jure utitur. No one is deemed to work a fraud, who exercises his own right. See 67 Conn. 91, 52 Am. St. Rep. 270, 32 L. R A. 236, 34 Atl. 714.

Numerata pecunia. Money counted out.

Numerus certus pro incerto ponitur. A certain number is placed for an uncertain one.

Nunc pro tunc. Now for then. See Judgment nunc pro tunc. Nunciatio.

tion. Nuncio.

A protest; a proclama

A papal ambassador. Nuncius. A messenger; a nuncio. Nuncupate. To declare with solemnity.

Nuncupative will. One which is not written and whereby the testator without any writing declares his will orally before witnesses. See 67 Am. St. Rep. 572, note. Nundinae. Fairs; a fair. Nunquam. Never.

Nunquam crescit ex post facto praeteriti delicti aestimatio. The degree of a past offense never increases from a subsequent act. Nunquam decurritur ad extraordinarium sed ubi deficit ordinarium. Resort is never made to the extraordinary until the ordinary fails. Nunquam fictio sine lege. There is never a fiction without law. Nunquam

indebitatus. Never in

debted. Nunquam nimis dicitur quod nunquam satis dicitur. That which is never said sufficiently is never said too much.

Nunquam praescribitur in falso. Prescription never exists in case of fraud.

O. c.

OBLIGATION

O. c. O. K. A mark signifying the approval of the maker of it. See 149 Mass. 459, 14 Am. St. Rep. 439, 21 N. E. 765.

Ope consilio, which see.

Oath. Includes every form of attestation by which the party signifies that he is bound in conscience to perform an act faithfully and truthfully. See 59 Minn. 6, 50 Am. St. Rep. 389, 60 N. W. 676.

Oath decisory. Same as Decisive oath.

Oath ex officio. An oath whereby an ecclesiastical officer could purge himself of crime. See 3 Bl. Comm. 101.

Oath in litem. (Civil Law) An oath which was deferred to the complainant as to the value of the thing in dispute.-Bouv. L. Dict.

Oath of calumny. (Civil Law) An oath of good faith required of a complainant.

Oath purgatory. See Purgation. Oath suppletory. See Suppletory oath.

Oathworthy. Credible.

Ob. On account of; because of; by reason of.

Ob causam aliquam a re maritima ortam. By reason of some cause arising from a maritime matter. Ob continentiam delicti. Because of connection with the tort or crime.

Ob contingentiam. Because of connection or relationship.

Ob favorem mercatorum. In favor of merchants.

Ob infamiam non solet juxta legem terrae aliquis per legem apparentem se purgare, nisi prius convictus fuerit vel confessus in curia. On account of ill repute it is not customary according to the law of the land for anyone to purge himself by lex apparens, unless he was convicted or confessed in court.

Ob turpem causam. For a base reason; for an immoral consideration. Obedientia est logis essentia. Obedience is the essence of the law.

Obit. A funeral ceremony; a death anniversary.

Obit sine prole. He died without offspring. Obiter. By the

way; in passing.

OBLIGATION

some act. See 96 U. S. 595, 24 L. Ed. 793.

Obligation of contract. The means which, at the time of its creation the law afforded for its enforcement. See 17 Wash. 611, 61 Am. St. Rep. 932, 50 Pac. 489.

Obligatory writing. See Writing obligatory.

Obligee. One to whom another is

bound by an obligation.

Obligor. One who is bound by an obligation.

Obliquus. Collateral; indirect; circumstantial.

Obliteration. Synonymous with Cancellation. See 14 Colo. App. 377, 60 Pac. 186.

Obloquy. Blame; reprehension; that which exposes one to censure or reproach. See 70 Cal. 270, 11 Pac. 713.

Obreptio. Obreption.

Obreption. The fraudulent

secur

ing of escheated property by falsehood.

Obrogare. To alter or repeal a stat

ute by a new one.

Obrogation. The alteration or repeal of a statute by a new one. Obscenity. Indecency; that which tends to corrupt the morals. Observe. To obey; to comply with. See 102 Iowa, 573, 69 N. W. 1146. Obsignare. To seal.

Obsolete. Unrepealed, but not enforced.

Obsta principiis. To withstand or resist the beginnings. See 116 U. S. 635, 29 L. Ed. 753, 6 Sup. Ct. Rep. 524.

Obstante. Withstanding. See Non obstante.

Obstriction. An obligation.

Obstructing officers.

OCCUPANCY

The offense of

hindering of an officer in the discharge of his duties. See 68 Mich. 655, 13 Am. St. Rep. 373, 36 N. W. 792.

Obstruction. A blocking up; filling with obstacles or impediments; impeding, embarrassing or opposing one's passage. See 81 Wis. 313, 29 Am. St. Rep. 898, 15 L. R. A. 553, 51 N. W. 560. Obstupare. To stop up. Obstupavit et obstruxit. stopped up and obstructed. Obtemperandum est consuetudini rationabili tanquam legi. Obedience is due to a reasonable custom as much as to the law. Obtulit se. He offered himself, a

He

form of record entry of one's appearance in court.

Obventio. (Civil Law) rent; revenue; profits.

Occasio. A feudal tribute exacted from tenants by the lord.

Occasion. An incidental causing circumstance not amounting to a cause. See 134 Ind. 226, 39 Am. St. Rep. 251, 33 N. E. 795. A sufficient reason for one's speech or act. See Privileged communi

cation.

Occasional contraband. Goods not actually contraband, but treated so by a belligerent. Occision. Killing. Occult crimes. fenses.

(Scotch) Secret of

Occultatio. Concealment. Occultatio thesauri inventi fraudulosa. The concealment of discovered treasure is fraudulent. Occupancy. The taking possession of things which previously belonged to no one. See 86 Iowa, 71, 41 Am, St. Rep. 481, 17 L. R. A. 788, 52 N. W. 1124.