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Nil debet (he owes nothing), the old form of the general issue in all actions of debt not founded on a specialty. This plea was not allowed after Reg. Gen. T.T. 1853 r. 11....
Lex nil frustra facit
Lex nil frustra facit [Lat.], the law does nothing in vain.The law will not attempt to do or compel one to do, an act which would be vain....
Nihil or nil habuit in tenementis
Nihil or nil habuit in tenementis (he [the landlord] had no interest in the tenements [demised]), a plea denying the lessor's title pleaded in an action of debt only, brought by a lessor against a lessee for years, or at will, without deed or occupation by the lessee, for if the lessee had become tenant he would have been estopped from denying his landlord's title....
Nil dicit, judgment by
Nil dicit, judgment by. See DEFAULT....
Sicut natura nil facit per saltum, ita nec lex
Sicut natura nil facit per saltum, ita nec lex (Co. Litt. 238b), in the same way as nature does nothing by a leap, so neither does the law....
Debet et solet
Debet et solet. If a person sued to recover any right, whereof his ancestor was disseised by the tenant or his ancestor, then he uses only the word debet alone in his writ, it is not apt to use solet because his ancestor only was deceased, and the custom discontinued; but if he sued for anything then first denied him, he used debet et solet, by reason that his ancestor before him and he himself usually enjoyed the thing sued for, until the present refusal of the tenant, Reg. Brev. 140; Fitz. N. B. 98....
Judicium non debet esse illusorium; suum effectum habere debet
Judicium non debet esse illusorium; suum effectum habere debet [Lat.], a judgement ought not to be illusory; it ought to have its consequence....
Justitia debet esse LIBERA, quia nihil iniquius venali justitia; PLENA, quia justitia non debet claudicare; et CELER, quita dilatio qu'dam negatio
Justitia debet esse LIBERA, quia nihil iniquius venali justitia; PLENA, quia justitia non debet claudicare; et CELER, quita dilatio qu'dam negatio. 2 Inst. 56.-(Justice ought to be unbought, because nothing is more hateful than venal justice; full, for justice ought not to halt; and quick, for delay is a kind of denial.) compare the 29th chapter of Magna Charta, post, MAGNA CHARTA....
Justitia debet esse libera, quia nihil iniquius venali justitia; plena, quia justitia non debet claudicare; et celeris, quia dilatio est quaedam negatio
Justitia debet esse libera, quia nihil iniquius venali justitia; plena, quia justitia non debet claudicare; et celeris, quia dilatio est quaedam negatio [Lat.], Justice ought to be unbought, because nothing is more hateful than venal justice; full, for justice ought to be defective; and quick, for delay is a certain denial....
Quantum tenens domino ex homagio, tantum dominus tenenti ex dominio debet pr'ter solam reverentiam; mutua debet esse dominii et homagii fidelitatis connexio
Quantum tenens domino ex homagio, tantum dominus tenenti ex dominio debet pr'ter solam reverentiam; mutua debet esse dominii et homagii fidelitatis connexio. Co. Litt. 64, (As much as the tenant by his homage owes to his Lord, so much is the Lord, by his Lordship, indebted to the tenant, except reverence alone; the tie of dominion and of homage ought to be mutual.)...
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