_e 
be removed, oC conftitutes the crown a truftee efe 
unfortunate sa to prote& their property, ae . ac- 
count to the profits received, if aa rele a 
“ 
ment. hod of perfon “n 
is very fimilar - that ate him an 
chancellor, to whom, by fpecial authority from the — 
the cuflody of idiots ne | lunatics is entrufted (3 
108.), ‘1pon petition or information, grants a sniffer in 
nature of the writ de IDIOTA inguirendo, to inquire into the 
party’s flate of mind; and if he be found “ non compos,’ 
he is treated in the manner already defcribed under he 
article Lunatic. Perfons that are ‘* non compos,’’ 
incapable of making a will, as long as fuch difability latte. 
In criminal cafes fuch perfons are not chargeable for their 
own aéts, if commicted when under thefe incapacities ; not 
even for treafon itfelf. 3 Intt.6. See Lunatic. 
NON-CONFORMISTS is a general denomination com- 
prehending ail thofe who do not conform to the aa 
worfhi the church are of two VIZ 
h as abfent themfelves aioe it through total i irre- 
ligion, and attend the fervice other a ea WA 
i Eliz cap. e 374 te cap. - an 7 
focfeit one fhillin Lord’s oe they {o 
. to the ing if they continue 
{uch default for a month together: and if they re any 
inmate thus irreligioufly difpofed, in their houfes, they for- 
as abfent eer: 
a 
the poor asf 
2s 
e ple 
of coufcience ; and thefe are Proteftant diffenters, to whom 
t rm is commonly applied, and Papifts. See Torz- 
RATION. 
The word is faid to have had its rife from a decluvation 
and 
ing oe 
But this diftinGtion primarily related to the rites of wor- 
fhip and ‘eoclefiaftical laws, enacted by Edward VI. Thofe 
who complied with them were Conformifls, and thofe who 
objeed popes tae ifs. See PuRivTans. 
ONCO Y, in Geography, one of the Nicobar 
iflands, S.E. of a wanes feparated from it by an arm of the 
fea, which might be made an ufeful harbour. ‘The ifland 
is of a triangular form, of no Sag extent, and covered with 
wood. The inhabitants are few, and the produce, timber 
and hogs excepted, of inconfiderable importance. The 
ort aaa pers lime-ftone. N. lat. 8° 5’, E. long. 
*NONDAL, a town of Pp ela in the province of Fin- 
land ; 10 mil of Abo 
NON DAMNIFICATUS, | in Law, is a plea to an 
agtion of debt upon a bond, with condition to fave the 
NON 
certs harmlefs. eager: 224.) If the condition of a 
ond be to fave harmlefs only, non damnificatus is generally a 
pood plea; but if it be to difcharge the yenan &c. then 
the manner of the difcharge is to be fhew 
NON DECIMANDO. See Monee Die andi. 
NON DISTRINGENDO, a writ not to ae ufed 
in divers cafes. 
DORF, in Geography, a town of Auftria; 6 miles 
N.W. of Sonne ber erg. 
NONE, a town of France, in the department of the Po, 
at the conflux of the rivers None and Riotorto; 7 miles 
8.5.W. of Turin 
Nong, or Nones, None, one of the feventh canonical hours, 
in the Romifh church. See Hour 
e, or the ninth hour, is the laft of the leffer hours, 
that is faid oon vefpers ; and an{wers to three o’clock in 
the afternoo 
This fin el e office and that for the dead, ends at nones ; 
which, father Rofweyd « bferves, was anciently the hour for 
the breaking up of a 2 haat or ufual meetings at church 
of the primitive Chriftia 
heur of none was * Mo the ufual time for taking the 
repaft on faft-days; though fome would keep the fait till 
night. 
Nones, None, in the Roman Calendar, the fifth day of 
the months January, February, April, June, Augutt, 
September, November, and December ; and the feventh 
of March, May, July, and OGober: thefe four la months 
having fix days before the nones, and the others only four. 
The word apparently has its rife hence, that the day of 
the nones was nine days before the ides, and might be called 
nono-idu 
arch, May, July, and O&ober, had fix days in their 
nones ; — thefe alone, in the ancient conflitution of 
the year by 
leap 
NON. ENTITY, whatever eee no real being, or is only 
conceived negatively, or claims only a negative denomina- 
ti ee Esse, Essence, &c. 
NONE. SO-PRETTY, in Botany. See SAXIFRAGA. 
NON-ESSENTIAL Mopss ODES. 
NON EST ieee ea Now Cul. q.d. be is not 
guilty, in Law eneral plea to an ation of trefpafs, 
whereby the defendant abfolutely denies the fact charged on 
plaintiff : haa in other {pecial pleas, = 
e done, but all 
bate 
min 
actions eal followed, either at the fuit of the king, or 
heads wherein the defendant denies the crime objected to 
“NON EST FACTUM, is an anfwer to a declaration, 
whereby a man _ that to be his bond or deed, where- 
upon he is Bape ge 
EST INVENTUS, is the fheriff’s return 
writ, when the defendant is not to be found in his baitiwiek 
And there is a return that the aoe non invenit plegium, 
on original writs Shep. Epit. 1 
NONESUCH, in Gep graphy, a river of America, in the 
province of Maine, whick runs into the fea, oO!” 
W. long. 20'.—Alfo, one of the f{maller Bermuda 
iflands. © 
NonESUCH 
