Nullus, Nullum

Concept of “Nullus, Nullum”

Traditional meaning of nullus, nullum in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) No one; none; null; void. Nulla bona (no goods): a sheriff’s return to a fieri facias, when the defendant had no goods within the county on which a levy could be made. Nulla pactione effici potest ut dolus praestetur (by no agreement can it be effected that a fraud should be maintained): no possible contract can prevent the agreement from being invalidated by fraud. Nullius filius: nobody’s son; a bastard. Nullius in bonis: the property of no one. Nullius juris: of no legal force. Nullum arbitrium: no award; see NUL AGARD. Nullum iniquum est praesumendum in jure: nothing unjust is to be presumed in law. Nullum simile est idem: nothing similar is the same. Nullum tempus occurrit regi (no time runs against the king): no lapse of time is a bar to a right of the Crown. Nullus commodum capere potest de injuria sua propria: no one can take advantage of his own wrong. Nullus idoneus testis in re sua intelligitur: no one is understood to be a fit witness in his own case. Nullus jus alienum forisfacere potest: no one can forfeit another’s right. Nullus recedat e curia cancellaria sine remedio: let no one leave the Court of Chancery without a remedy. Nullus videtur dolo facere qui suo jure utitur: he is not to be esteemed a wrong-doer who avails himself of his legal rights.

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1. Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Nullus, Nullum”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.

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