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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.

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