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National Labor Relations
Board. (NLRB) - A federal agency which prevents and remedies
unfair labor practices by employers and labor organizations
Naturalization - Process
by which a person acquires nationality after birth and becomes
entitled to privileges of citizenship.
Negligence - Failure to
use care which a reasonable and prudent person would use under
similar circumstances.
Negotiation - The process
of submission and consideration of offers until an acceptable
offer is made and accepted.
Next friend - One acting
without formal appointment as guardian for the benefit of an
infant, a person of unsound mind not judicially declared
incompetent, or other person under some disability.
No Bill - This phrase,
endorsed by a grand jury on the written indictment submitted to it
for its approval, means that the evidence was found insufficient
to indict.
No-contest Clause -
Language in a will that provides that a person who makes a legal
challenge to the will's validity will be disinherited.
No-fault Proceedings - A
civil case in which parties may resolve their dispute without a
formal finding of error or fault.
Noise Control Act - A act
which gives government agencies the right to promulgate standards
and regulations relating to abatement of noise emissions, i.e.,
requirement that autos and like vehicles must have mufflers.
Nonfeasance -
Nonperformance of an act which should be performed; omission to
perform a required duty or total neglect of duty.
Nonjury trial - Trial
before the court but without a jury.
Notary Public - A public
officer whose function it is to administer oaths, to attest and
certify documents, and to take acknowledgments.
Notice - Formal
notification to the party that has been sued in a civil case of
the fact that the lawsuit has been filed. Also, any form of
notification of a legal proceeding.
Notice to creditors - A
notice given by the bankruptcy court to all creditors of a meeting
of creditors.
Nuncupative will - An oral
(unwritten) will.
