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General law
Common terminology used in legal business.
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nonpublic forum
Law; General law
Public property that is not designated or traditionally considered an arena for public communication.
non-purchased-money
Law; General law
Not pertaining to or being an obligation secured by property obtained by a loan.
nonrecognition provision
Law; General law
A statutory rule that allows all or part of a realized gain or loss not to be recognized for tax purposes.
non sequitur
Legal services; General law
An inference or conclusion that does not logically follow from the premises.
nonskip person
Law; General law
A person who is not a skip person for purposes of the generation-skipping transfer tax.
nonsuit
Law; General law
A plaintiff's voluntary dismissal of a case or of a defendant, without a decision on the merits.
noscitur a sociis
Legal services; General law
A canon of construction holding that the meaning of an unclear word or phrase should be determined by the wordssorrounding it.
