Note of hand – this legal term finds application in the area of Law of Contracts. It details a specific loan contract that any borrower of money could sign. This contract contains an unconditional, written and signed a promise to…

Non-performance – within the meaning, given by the Contract Law, the non-performance represents a wrongful act by one of the parties which have concluded the agreement. Namely, this activity is against the set-up obligations. For example, one of the parties…

Non-disclosure contract – this is a type of agreement which applies to the Business Law and Trade Law. Its purpose is to keep the information, which two parties exchange, during their business relations, confidential. Also, to avoid sharing it with any…

Nursement – the term describes a permanent support (usually a financial one) given monthly or annually in some jurisdictions, towards a person in need.

Nunc pro tunc – The term comes from Latin and is used for: “now for then”. It refers to the doing of something late (after it should have been done in the first place), with effect as if it had…

Nullity application – this term in the area of Divorce Law is used to detail an application, entered by one of the spouses to the local Civil Court for a declaration that a marriage be declared ‘void’ or be annulled…

Nullifying decision – this term is used in court trials, where describes a decision of the appealed court, overturning a previous decision taken by the lower court on the concrete legal dispute, so that the prior decision is invalidated. A…

Nuisance – this term in the sphere of Tort Law details a tort, representing excessive or unlawful use of someone’s property to the extent of unreasonable annoyance or inconvenience to a neighbor or to the public.

Nudum pactum – The term comes from Latin and means: A rule for those agreements which are called “naked”- yet without consideration, such as a unilateral undertaking, which may bind a person morally, but not under contract law, in those…

Nobility – this term refers to the age of 16, allowed for marriage in some legal systems. Alternative meaning is of a privileged society; an aristocracy.