Nihil Dicit - Law Dictionary Search Results
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nihil dicit [Latin, he says nothing] 1 : refusal or neglect by a defendant to plead or answer 2 : a judgment rendered against a defendant who refuses or neglects to plead or answer ...
nihil-dicit judgment
nihil-dicit judgment see judgment ...
Ei incumbit probatio, qui dicit, non qui negat: cum per rerum naturam factum negantis probatio nulla sit
Ei incumbit probatio, qui dicit, non qui negat: cum per rerum naturam factum negantis probatio nulla sit.-(The proof lies upon him who affirms, not upon him who denies; since, by the nature of things, he who denies a fact cannot produce any proof.) See BURDEN OF PROOF....
Nil dicit, judgment by
Nil dicit, judgment by. See DEFAULT....
Nihil capiat per breve
Nihil capiat per breve (that he take nothing by his writ). Where an issue, arising upon a declaration or temporary plea, is decided for the defendant, the judgment is, generally, that the plaintiff take nothing, etc., and that the defendant go thereof without day, etc., which is a judgment of nihil capiat, etc....
Nihilism
Nothingness nihility...
Dote unde nihil habet
Dote unde nihil habet, a writ of dower that lay for the widow against the tenant, who bought land of her husband in his lifetime, whereof he was solely seised in fee-simple or fee-tail, and of which she was dowable.--Fitz. N.B. 147...
Dower unde nihil habet, writ of
Dower unde nihil habet, writ of, the remedy for a widow to whom no dower had been assigned within the time limited by law, 3 Bl. Com. 183. Abolished by (English) C.L.P. Act, 1860, s. 26....
Expressio eorum qu' tacite insunt nihil operatur
Expressio eorum qu' tacite insunt nihil operatur. Co. Litt. 210.-(The expression of those things which are tacitly implied has no effect.) See Broom's Max., citing Doe v. Alexander, (1814) 2 M. & S. 525, where the maxim was applied by Dampier, J., and other cases....
Generale nihil certi implicat
Generale nihil certi implicat [Lat.], A general expression implies nothing certain....
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