Non est disputandum contra principia negantem. There is no disputing against a man denying prin ciples. Co. Litt. 343.
Non est justum aliquem antenatum post 9nortem facers bastardum, qui toto tom pore vitce sum pro legitimo habebatur. It is not just to make an elder born a bastard after his death, who during his lifetime was accountod legitimate. Bart. Max. 49.; 12 Co. 44.
Non est novum ut priores leges ad posteriores trahantur. it is not a new thing that prior statutes shall give place to later ones. Dig. 1. 3. 26 ; 1. 1. 4 ; Broom, Max. 28.
Non est recedendum a communi observantia. There should be no departure from a common observance. 2 Co. 74.
Non est regale quin fallat. There is no rule but what may fail. Off. Ex. 212.
Non est roes nisi mens sit rca. One is not guilty unless his intention be guilty. This maxim is much criticised. See act= non ream facet, etc. ; MENS REA.
Non ex opinionibus singulorum, sod ex communi use, nomina exaudiri debent. Names of things ought to be understood according to common usage, not according to the opinions of individuals. Dig. 33. 10. 7. 2.
Non exemplis sed legibus judicandum est. Not by the facts of the case, but by the law must judgment be made. Dig. 7. 45. 13. (called by Al benicus Gentilis lex aurea).
Non facers malum ut inde veniat bonum. You are not to do evil that good may come of it. 11 Co. 74 a.
Non impedit clausula derogatoria, quo minus ab eadem potestate roe dissolvantur a qua constitu untur. A derogatory clause does not prevent things from being dissolved by the same power by which they were originally made. Bacon, Max. Reg. 19 ; Broom, Max. 27 ; 5 Watts (Pa.) 155.
Non in legendo sed in intelligendo loges consistent. The laws consist, not in being read, but in being understood. 8 Co. 167.
Non jus ex regale, sod regale as jure. The law does not arise from the rule (or maxim), but the rule from the law. Fleta vi. 14 ; Trayner, Max. 384.
Non jus, Bed seisina tacit stipitem. Not right, but seisin, makes a stock (from which the inheri tance must descend). Fleta, 1. 6, cc. 14, 2, § 2 ; Noy, Max., 9th ed. 72, n. (b) ; Broom, Max. 525 ;
2 Sharsw. Bla. Com. 209; 1 Steph. Corn. 365, 368, 394 ; 4 Kent 388 ; 4 Scott N. R. 468.
Non licet quod dispendio licet. That which is permitted only at a loss is not permitted to be done. Co. Litt. 127.
Non nasci, et natum mori, paria sent. Not to be born, and to be dead-born, are the same.
Non obliget lex nisi promulgate. A law is not obligatory unless it be promulgated.
Non observata forma, infertur adnullatio act us. When the form is not observed, it is inferred that the act is annulled. 12 Co. 7.
Non oificit conatus nisi sequatur effectus. An attempt does not harm unless a consequence fol low. 11 Co. 98.
Non omne damnum inducit injuriant. Not every loss produces an injury (i. e. gives a right of ac tion). See 3 Bla. Com. 219 ; 1 Sm. L. C. 131 ; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 2211.
Non omne quod licet honestum est. It is not everything which is permitted that is honorable. Dig. 50. 17. 144; 4 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 121.
Non onsniunt Thee a majoribus nostril constitute sent ratio reddi potest. A reason cannot always be given for the institutions of our ancestors. 4 Co. 78 ; Broom, Max. 167 ; Branch, Prins.
Non possessori incumbit necessitas probandi pos sessiones ad se pertinere. It is not incumbent on the possessor of property to prove his right to his possessions. Code, 4..19. 2; Broom, Max. 714.
Non potest adduci exceptio ejusdem rei cujus pe titan dissolutio. A plea of the same matter, the determination of which is sought by the action, cannot be brought forward. Bacon, Max. Reg. 2. (When an action is brought to annul a proceeding, the defendant cannot plead such proceeding in bar.) Broom, Max. 166; Wing. Max. 647; 3 P. Walt.
817.
Non potest probari quod probatum non reievat. That cannot be proved which proved is irrelevant. See 1 Exch. 91, 102.
Non potest quis sine brevi agere. No ono can sue without a writ. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 13, § 4.
Non potest rex gratiam facere cum injuria et damno aliorum. The king cannot confer a favor which occasions injury and loss to others. 3 Inst. 236 ; Broom, Max. 63 ; Vaugh. 338 ; 2 E. & B. 874.