| Terms- Nation
- A distinct group or race of people that share history, traditions and culture.
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- National Treatment
- A tenet of international trade agreements whereby nations must afford imported goods the same treatment that they afford domestic or national products (no discrimination).
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- Natural Justice
- Basic or fundamental judicial rights extended to a person with rights at issue.
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- NCND Agreement
- An international trade instrument; non circumvention/non disclosure agreement used in the preliminary stages of a business transaction where the Seller and Buyer do not know each other, but are brought into contact with each other by one or more intermediaries (also known as brokers or middlemen), to fulfill the transaction.
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- Negligence
- A failure to act as a reasonable person would be expected to act in similar circumstances.
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- Negotiate
- To communicate on a matter of disagreement between two parties, with a view to first listen to the other party's perspective and to then attempt to arrive at a resolution by consensus.
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- Nemo Judex In Parte Sua
- Latin: no person can judge a case in which he or she is party or in which he/she has an interest.
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- Next of Kin
- The nearest blood relative of a deceased.
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- Nolo Contendere
- Latin: I will not defend.
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- Non Est Factum
- Latin for not his deed and a special defense in contract law to allow a person to avoid having to respect a contract that she or he signed because of certain reasons such as a mistake as to the kind of contract.
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- Nonfeasance
- Not doing something that a person should be doing.
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- Non-joinder
- When a person, who should have been made a party to a legal proceedings, has been forgotten or omitted.
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- Notwithstanding
- In spite of, even if, without regard to or impediment by other things.
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- Novation
- Substitute a new debt for an old debt, canceling the old debt.
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- Nudum Pactum
- Latin: an empty pact; a contract for which there is no consideration.
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- Nuisance
- Excessive or unlawful use of one’s property to the extent of unreasonable annoyance or inconvenience to a neighbor or to the public.
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- Nunc Pro Tunc
- Latin: deemed retroactive.
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- Non Compos Mentis
- Latin: Not of sound mind.
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- Noscitur a sociis
- Latin: that the meaning of a word may be known from accompanying words.
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- Not For Profit
- Operated as nearly as possible at cost; on a cost-recovery basis; an organization not seeking profit and which does not disgorge excess income to its members, in the form of dividends or otherwise.
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- Non-profit
- Operated as nearly as possible at cost; an organization not seeking profit and which does not disgorge excess income to its members, in the form of dividends or otherwise.
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- Nemo Debet Locupletari Ex Aliena Jactura
- Latin: no one should be enriched by another's loss.
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- Notional Severance
- Reading down a contractual provision so as to make it legal and enforceable.
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- Name
- A unique combination of a given and a surname, assigned to an individual, generally at birth, and used to identify distinguish that individual both socially and in regards to the assertion or defence of legal rights.
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- Necessitas Indicit Privilegium Quoad Jura Privata
- From necessity spring privileges upon private rights.
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- Negotiable Instrument
- A document of an amount of money, or a title, which is readily transferable to another.
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- Necessaries of Life
- A product or service sold or provided to an individual not legally competent, which are useful to his or her comfort or convenience taking into account the age and condition of the individual.
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- Neutral Citation
- A primary legal citation for a particular court which is designed for electronic database and Internet retrieval, and intended to be referred to first.
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- Nolle Prosequi
- Latin: no prosecution.
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- Nashiza
- Muslim law: a disobedient wife.
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- Nikah
- Muslim law: marriage.
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- Notice of Motion
- A formal notice to participants in litigation of an intent to seek specific relief in an action.
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- National Emergency
- A situation beyond the ordinary which threatens the health or safety of citizens and which cannot be properly addressed by the use of other law.
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- Notary
- A legal officer with specific judicial authority to attest to legal documents usually with an official seal.
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- Natural Fool
- A human being in form but destitute of reason from birth.
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- Non Sequitur
- Latin: it does not follow.
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