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Nil dicit, judgment by

Nil dicit, judgment by. See DEFAULT....


judgment

judgment also judge·ment [jəj-mənt] n 1 a : a formal decision or determination on a matter or case by a court ;esp : final judgment in this entry compare dictum, disposition, finding, holding, opinion, ruling, verdict NOTE: Under Rule 54 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure judgment encompasses a decree and any order from which an appeal lies. cog·no·vit judgment [kÄ g-nō-vit-] : an acknowledgment by a debtor of the existence of a debt with agreement that an adverse judgment may be entered without notice or a hearing : confession of judgment consent judgment : a judgment approved and entered by a court by consent of the parties upon agreement or stipulation : consent decree at decree declaratory judgment : a judgment declaring a right or establishing the legal status or interpretation of a law or instrument [seeking a declaratory judgment that the regulation is unconstitutional] compare damage, injunction specific performance at per...


nihil-dicit judgment

nihil-dicit judgment see judgment ...


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 ...


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....


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 debet

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....


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....


Judgment

Judgment [fr. judgment, Fr.], judicial determination; decision of a Court.Under the former practice of the superior Courts, this term was usually applied only to the Common Law Courts, the term 'decree' being in general use in the Court of Chancery. The expression 'Judg-ment,' however, is now used generally except in matrimonial causes, the term 'judgment' including 'decree' [(English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 225, replacing Jud. Act,1873, s. 100].The several species of judgments are either:-(a) Interlocutory, given in the course of a cause, upon some plea, proceeding, or default, which is only intermediate, and does not finally determine or complete the action. See INQUIRY; SUMMONSES; and ORDERS; and the various titles of the subjects of such judgments as MANDAMUS; INJUNC-TION, etc.(b) Final, putting an end to the action by an award of redress to one party, or discharge of the other, as the case may be.By the (English) C.L.P. Act,1852, s. 120, a plaintiff or defendant having obtained a verd...


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