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To help you understand some of the legal language, you will find this legal glossary useful. We include English and Latin terms that are in common use in law. Just click on the word or expression to find the definition:
| NEXT FRIEND |
| (see GUARDIAN) A person representing a minor or mental patient who is involved in legal proceedings |
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| NON-MOLESTATION |
| An order within an injunction to prevent one person physically attacking another |
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| NON-SUIT |
| Proceedings where the plaintiff has failed to establish to the Court's satisfaction that there is a case for the defendant to answer |
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| NOTARY PUBLIC |
| Someone who is authorised to swear oaths and certify the execution of deeds |
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| NOTICE OF ISSUE |
| Notice sent by a Court to the claimant giving notification of the case number allocated to their action and details of fees paid. Confirms date of service |
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| NOTICE TO QUIT |
| Gives prior notice, when served in possession proceedings, of termination of a tenancy |
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| NULLITY |
| Application to the Court for a declaration that a marriage be declared 'void' or be annulled ie declared never to have existed or to have subsisted until the Court dissolved it |
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