Legal Maxim's

Nam nemo haeres viventis
— For no one is an heir of a living person.
Naturae vis maxima est
— The force of nature is the greatest.
Necessitas inducit privilegium quoad jura privata
— With respect to private rights necessity induces privilege.
Necessitas non habet legem
— Necessity has no law.
Necessitas publica est major quam privata
— Public necessity is greater than private necessity.
Negligentia semper habet infortuniam comitem
— Negligence always has misfortune for a companion.
Nemo admittendus est inhabilitare se ipsum
— No one is allowed to incapacitate himself.
Nemo bis punitur pro eodem delicto
— No one can be twice punished for the same offence.
Nemo cogitur suam rem vendere, etiam justo pretio
— No one is bound to sell his own property, even for a just price.
Nemo contra factum suum venire potest
— No man can contradict his own deed.
Nemo debet esse judex in propria causa
— No one can be judge in his own case.
Nemo plus juris transferre ad alium potest quam ipse habet
— No one can transfer to another a larger right than he himself has.
Nemo potest contra recordum verificare per patriam
— No one can verify by the country, that is, through a jury, against the record.
Nemo potest esse tenens et dominus
— No one can at the same time be a tenant and a landlord (of the same tenement).
Nemo potest facere per alium, quod per se non potest
— No one can do through another what he cannot do himself.
Nemo potest mutare consilium suum in alterius injuriam
— No one can change his purpose to the injury of another.
Nemo praesumitur esse immemor suae aeternae salutis et maxime in articulo mortis
— No one is presumed to be forgetful of his eternal welfare, and particularly in the hour of death.
Nemo prohibetur pluribus defensionibus uti
— No one is forbidden to make use of several defences.
Nemo punitur pro alieno delicto
— No one is punished for the crime of another.
Nemo se accusare debet, nisi coram Deo
— No one should accuse himself except in the presence of God.
Nemo tenetur accusare se ipsum nisi coram Deo
— No one is bound to accuse himself except in the presence of God.
Nemo tenetur armare adversarium contra se
— No one is bound to arm his adversary against himself.
Nexus
— Connection.
Nihil quod est inconveniens est licitum
— Nothing inconvenient is lawful.
Nil facit error nominis cum de corpore constat
— An error of name makes not difference when it appears from the body of the instrument.
Nisi
— Unless.
Non compus mentis
— Not of sound mind and understanding.
Non constat
— It is not certain.
Non decipitur qui scit se decipi
— He is not deceived who knows that he is deceived.
Non definitur in jure quid sit conatus
— What an attempt is, is not defined in law.
Non est arctius vinculum inter homines quam jusjurandum
— There is no stronger link among men than an oath.
Non est factum
— It is not his deed
Non est informatus
— He is not informed.
Non facias malum ut inde veniat bonum
— You shall not do evil that good may come of it.
Non jus, sed seisina, facit stipitem
— Not right, but seisin makes a stock (from which the inheritance must descend).
Non refert quid notum sit judici si notum non sit in forma judicii
— It matters not what is known to the judge if it is not known judicially.
Non sequitur
— An inconsistent statement, it does not follow.
Nullus commodum capere potest ex sua injuria propria
— No one can derive an advantage from his own wrong.
Nullus recedat e curia cancellaria sine remedio
— No one should depart from a Court of Chancery without a remedy.