Nominativus Pendens - Definition - Law Dictionary

Definition :

Nominativus pendens, a nominative case grammatically unconnected with the rest of the sentence in which it stands. The opening words in the ordinary form of a deed inter partes [This deed, etc., down to whereas], though an intelligible and convenient part of the deed, having regard to the predicate 'witnesseth' or 'now this deed witnesseth,' Are of this kind.