NON 
of ne being much more commodioufly laid down other- 
ee Boerhaave’s divifion of the non-naturals under 
Cae 
NONN 
native of Panopolis in Eevee 
but generally admitted to be from the fame pen. 
entitled ‘¢ Dionyfiacs,” a poem of forty-eight books, con- 
tains a hiftory of Bacchus, and is faid to comprehend a vaft 
mifcellany a4 heathen mythology and erudition. The fe- 
cond is a metrical ‘ Paraphrafe of the Gofpel of St. 
John.’ This is valuable, as affording fome important, vari- 
ous readings, which have been colleéted by editors of the 
ment. 
ew Teftament. He omits the ftory of the woman taken 
in adultery. The ‘ Dionyfiacs’’ were firft printed at Ant- 
were in 1569 re dd cra ey tee a Latin Nae 
zeus in I 
oreri. 
. in Genera atown of Abyffinia ; 100 miles 
S.0 
NONOABA, a town of Mexico, in New Bifcay ; 105 
miles W. of Par 
NON OBSTANTES, Notwithfanding, in Law, a claufe 
frequent in ftatutes and letters patent ; importing a licence 
from the king to do a thing, which at common law might 
be lawfully done ; but being reftrained by ac of soraerais 
could not be done without fuch licence. Vaugh. 
Plowd. 501 
rants of fuch penfions, and every non ob/ftante 
therein contained, fhall be void. Henry III. took up the 
claufe, zon obftante (firft introduced by "the pope), in his 
ants. 
ak But the do&rine of non obftantes, which fets the preroga- 
tive above the laws, was effectually demolifhed by the bi 
of rights at the revolution, and abdicated Weftminfter-hall 
as king James abdicated the kingdom, It is ena&ted by 
- eff. 2. cap. 2. that no difpenfation by zon ob- 
fi nie, of or to any ftatute, or any part thereof, fhall be al- 
lowed, cin chee the fame fhall be held void and of none effe&t, 
except a difpenfation be allowed in fuch ftatute. 
Non ogstanres, in the Romifh Canon-Law, make the 
third part of the provifions of the court of Rome, beginning 
with non obftantibus, and comprifing abfolutions From cenfures, 
rehabilitations, and neceflary difpenfations for the enjoyment 
of benefices. None inferior to the pope can ufe the claufe 
non-obftante. 
N OMITTAS, a writ which lies wherg the theriff 
having delivered a writ or procefs to a bailiff of a franchife in 
which the party it is to be ferved on dwells, and the bailiff 
having refufed or neglected to ferve it, upon the fheriff’s re- 
turning that he delivered it to the bailiff, this fecond writ thall 
be directed to the theriff, charging him to enter the franchife, 
= aaa the king’s command, either by himfelf or 
* NON-PAYMENT of ecclefiaftical dues to i clergy, as 
nfions, mortuaries, compofitions, offerings, a 
li 
os al offeri, cs, 
and obventions, not oi, oes e of 405.5 
iis oa) in a f{ummary way before ie eres of 
‘PLE EVIN, Non — a oe in not replevying 
of land in due time. See 
In Hengham Magna, it is oa, thet the defendant fhould 
NON 
be fure to replevy re lands feized by the king within fifteen 
days; and that if he negleéts, then, at the inftance of the 
laintiff at the next cua, he thall lofe a feifin, ficut 
per defaltam poft defaltam. But, by ftat. I. it was 
enacted, that no perfon fhould lofe his land ceaioencel 
becaufe of non plevin. 
NON PONENDO IN assisis, €* JURATIS, a writ 
granted on divers occafions to perfons for freeing them 
from ferving on aflizes and juries ; as by reafon of old age, 
charter of — or the like. This writ is founded 
on the ftats. Welt. 2, 13 Edw. I. ft. 1. c. 38. and articuli 
fuper chartis, 28 Edw. I. ft. 3.c. 9. F. N. B. 165. 2 Inft. 
127. 447. 
NON PROCEDENDO 4p AssisaM REGE INCONSULTO, 
a writ to flop the trial of a caufe appertainiag to one who is 
in the king’s fervice, &c. the king’s eledure an farther 
known. Reg. Orig. 2 
NON PROS, or Non. Prosequirur. 
equi and Non-svu1 
N ON-RESIDENCE is applied to fuch fpiritual perfons 
as are not seinen oe a cme themfelves from their bene- 
as or digniti EFIC 
ularly, et iene: is 3 required of ecclefiaftical 
eaten upon their cures ; though there are fome exceptions 
in eat of selieael perfons, as king’s chaplains, bifhops, 
ESIDEN 
‘NON ‘RESIDENTIA PRO CLERICIS REGIS, ig a writ 
dire€ted to the ordinary, charging him not to moleft the 
clerk employed in the king’s fervice, on account of his 
non-refidence, in which cafe he is to be difcharged. Reg. 
Orig. 58. 
NON SANE Memorra, or Non Sane Memorie, is an 
exception taken to an att declared to be done by another, 
importing that it wae done at a time when the party that 
was mad, or not in his proper fenfes. See Non 
See Notye Pro- 
aa 
‘NON SOLVENDO Pecuntam, ad quam clericus muléa- 
tur pro non refidentia, a writ prohibiting an ordinary to take a 
peeuniary mulé, Hoa on : ee of the king’s for non- 
refidence. Reg. 0 1. 59. 
mol SPISSUM, in Whe "eee Mufic. See Apyc- 
«NONSUCH, in Agriculture, a ee oo applied 
to trefoil - rye-grafs, as b/ack and white nonfuc 
Nonsucu Clay, a particular es of parr whi mixed 
with ke clay brought from Worcefterthire, makes a com- 
ofition very ufeful for making the melting-pots ufed in the 
green glafs making. 
N-SUIT, in Law, the dropping or letting fall a fuit 
or action. Non-fuit is a renunciation of a fui 
that the ‘jury is ready at the bar to deliver their nie 
civilians term it tis renuntiatio 
If the plaintiff in an aGtion eels to deliver a declaration 
for two terms after the defendant appears, or is guilty of 
other delays or defaults againft the rules of law in any fub- 
fequent ftage of the a€tion, he is adjudged not . ale or 
purfue his aaa as he ought to ee a thereupon a non- 
{uit, or zon A rl is entered : is faid to be non 
prof’d. or thus deferting his Conplne after making 
a falfe ue or complaint (gro falfo clamare fuo) he fhall not 
only pay cofts to the defendant, but is liable 
to the king. A 
retraxit 
