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Home Dictionary Name: nihilityNihil 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....
nihil dicit
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 ...
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....
Id perfectum est quod ex omnibus suis partibus constat; et nihil perfectum est dum aliquid restat agendum
Id perfectum est quod ex omnibus suis partibus constat; et nihil perfectum est dum aliquid restat agendum [Lat.], that is perfect which is complete in all its parts; and nothing is perfect whilst anything remains to be done....
Idem est nihil dicere et insufficienter dicere
Idem est nihil dicere et insufficienter dicere [Lat.], it is the same thing to say nothing and not to say sufficient....
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