Noscitur ex soda, qui non cognoscUur ex se. lie who is not known from himself may be known from his associate. F. Moore 817; 1 Ventr. 245; 3 Term 87 ; 9 East 267 ; 6 Taunt. 294 ; 1 B. & C. 644. Notitia djcitur a noscenclo; et notitia non debet claudicare. Notice is named from knowledge ; and notice ought not to halt (4. e. be imperfect). 6 Co. 29.
Nova constitutio futuris formarn imponere debet, non prceteritis. A new enactment aught to impose form upon what is to come, not upon what is past. 2 Inst. 292; Broom, Max. 34, 37; T. Jones 108; 2 Show. 16 ; 6 M. & W. 285 ; 7 id. 536 ; 2 Mass. 122; 10 id. 439 ; 2 N. Y. 245 ; 7 Johns. (N. Y.) 503.
Novatio non pkesumitur. A novation is not pre sumed. Halkers. Max. 104; Bart. Max. 231. • ' Novitas non tam utilitate prod,est quam nopitate perturbat. Novelty benefits not so much by its utility as it disturbs by its novelty. Jenk. Cent.
167.
Novum judioium non dat novum jus, sed declarat antiquum. A new judgment does not make a new law, but declares the old. 10 Co. 42.
Noxa caput sequifur. The injury (i. e. liability to make good an injury caused by a slave) follows the head or person (4. e. attaches to his master). It extends to an animal or instrument. Holmes, Com. Law 7 ; Heineccius, Elem. Jur. Crov. i. 4, t. 8, § 1231. Nude pactio obligationem non parit. A naked promise does not create an obligation. Dig. 2. 14. 7. 4 ; Code 4. 65. 27 ; Broom, Max. 746 ; Brisson, Nudus. Nudo ratio et nuda pcictio non ligant aliquem debitorem. Naked reason and naked promise do not bind any debtor. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 60, § 25.
Nudum pactum est ubi nulla subest cause prceter conventionem; sed ubi subest cause, fit obligatio, of pant actionem. Nudum pactum is where there is no consideration besides the agreement ; but when there is a consideration, an obligation is created and an action arises. Dig. 2. 14. 7. 4; Sharsw. Bla. Com. 445 ; Broom, Max. 745 ; 1 Pow. Contr. 330; 3 Burr. 1670 ; Vin. Abr. Nudum Pactum (A). This is explained under CONSIDERATION.
Nudum pacium ex quo non oritur actin. Nudum pactum is that upon which no action arises. Code 2. 3. 10; 6. 14. 1; Broom, Max. 676; Bart. Max. 231. Nul ne dolt s'enrichir aux depens des autres. No
one ought to enrich Mmself the expense of oth ers.
Nul prendra advantage de son tort demesne. No one shall take advantage of his own wrong. Broom, Max. 290.
Nulla curia quo reoordum non habet potest IM ponere Anem, neque aliquem mandare carceri; gala ista spectent tantummodo ad curiae de record°. No court which has not a record can impose a fine, or commit any person to prison ; because those powers belong only to courts of record. 8 Co. 60. Nulla emptio sine pretio esse potent. There can be no sale without a price. 4 Pick. (Mass.) 189. Nulla impossibilia aut inhonesta aunt pram menda; vera autem et honesta et possibilia. No impossible or dishonorable things are to be pre sumed ; but things true, honorable, and possible. Co. Litt. 78.
Nulls pactione efflci potest ne Bolus preestetur. By no agreement can it be effected that there shall be no accountability for fraud. Dig. 2. 14. 27. 3; Broom, Max. 696, 118, n. ; 5 M. & S. 466.
Nulle rigle sans faute. There is no rule without a fault.
Nulle terra sans seigneur. No land without a lord. Guyot, Inst. Feod. c. 28.
Nulli enim res sua servit jure servitutis. No one can have a servitude over hie own property. Dig. 8. 2. 26.
hominis auctoritas apud nos vaiere debet, ut meliora non sequeremur si quis attulerit. The authority of no man ought to avail with us, that we should not follow better [opinions] should any one present them. Co. Litt. 383 b.
Nullum crimen majus est inobedientia. No crime is greater than disobedience. Jenk. Cent. 77. Nullum exemplum est idem omnibus. No exam ple is the same for all purposes. Co. Litt. 212 a. Nullum iniquum est preesumendum in jure. Noth ing unjust is to be presumed in law. 4 Co. 72. Nullum matrimonium, ibi nulls dos. No mar riage, no dower. 4 Barb. (N. Y.) 192.
Nullum simile est idem. Nothing which Is like another is the same, i. e. no likeness is exact iden tity. Story, Partn. 90; Co. Litt. 3 a; 2 Bla. Corn. 162; 6 Binn. (Pa.) 506.
Nullum simile quatuor pedibus currit. No simile runs upon four feet (or, as ordinarily expressed, "on all fours"). Co. Litt. 3 a; Eunomus, Dial. 2, p. 155 ; 6 Binn. (Pa.) 506.