Glossary Of Terms

• 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.
• No win no fee - A solicitor will take a law case on the understanding that if lost, they will not get paid. However if the case is won the lawyer will be entitled to his normal fee
• Nuncupative will - An oral will (unwritten).