- nil debet
- /nil debat/ He owes nothing. The form of the general issue in all actions of debt on simple contract
Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
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nil debet — /nil debat/ He owes nothing. The form of the general issue in all actions of debt on simple contract … Black's law dictionary
Nil debet — He owes nothing. A plea of the general issue which may be asserted by the defendant in an action of debt on a simple contract, and in all other actions of debt which are not founded on a specialty or conclusive record. 41 Am J1st Pl § 141 … Ballentine's law dictionary
et sic — /et sik/ And so. In the Latin forms of pleading these were the introductory words of a special conclusion to a plea in bar, the object being to render it positive and not argumentative; as et sic nil debet … Black's law dictionary
indebitatus — /indebateytas/ Indebted. @ nunquam indebitatus never indebted. The title of the plea substituted in England for nil debet @ indebitatus assumpsit … Black's law dictionary
mispleading — Pleading incorrectly, or omitting anything in pleading which is essential to the support or defense of an action, is so called; as in the case of a plaintiff not merely stating his title in a defective manner, but setting forth a title which is… … Black's law dictionary
et sic — /et sik/ And so. In the Latin forms of pleading these were the introductory words of a special conclusion to a plea in bar, the object being to render it positive and not argumentative; as et sic nil debet … Black's law dictionary
indebitatus — /indebateytas/ Indebted. @ nunquam indebitatus never indebted. The title of the plea substituted in England for nil debet @ indebitatus assumpsit … Black's law dictionary
mispleading — Pleading incorrectly, or omitting anything in pleading which is essential to the support or defense of an action, is so called; as in the case of a plaintiff not merely stating his title in a defective manner, but setting forth a title which is… … Black's law dictionary
rien luy doit — In old pleading, owes him nothing. The plea of nil debet … Black's law dictionary
Geben — 1. Als ich hatte was zu geben, wollten alle bei mir leben; nun mein Beutel worden leer, lässt sich keiner sehen mehr. 2. Bai giät, bat e hiät1, ies wärth, dat e leäwet. (Arnsberg.) – Firmenich, I, 353, 25; ostfriesisch bei Eichwald, 607. 1) Wer… … Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon
