Law Dictionary Definitions

a non habente potestatem (ay non ha-ben-tee  poh-tes-tay-t<<schwa>>m). [Latin] Scots law. From one not having power. • This phrase appeared most commonly in a conveyance in reference to a seller who was not the owner. “If A. disponed ground, which he held on a personal title, to B., he could not grant warrant for the…

a  non  domino  (ay  non  dom-<<schwa>>-noh).  [Law  Latin]  Hist.  From  one  who  is  not  the proprietor. [Blacks Law 8th]

anomalous plea.See PLEA(3).

anomalous rule.See ANOMALOUS-JURISDICTION RULE. [Blacks Law 8th]

anomalous pleading.See PLEADING(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

anomalous-jurisdiction rule (<<schwa>>-nom-<<schwa>>-l<<schwa>>s). The principle that a court of appeals  has provisional jurisdiction  to review  the  denial of a  motion to intervene in a case, and if the court of appeals finds that the denial was correct, then its jurisdiction disappears — and it must dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction — because an…

anomalous jurisdiction.See JURISDICTION. [Blacks Law 8th]

anomalous indorsement.See irregular indorsement under INDORSEMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

annuus reditus (an-<<schwa>>s red-<<schwa>>-t<<schwa>>s). [Law Latin] A yearly rent. [Blacks Law 8th]

annus utilis (an-<<schwa>>s yoo-t<<schwa>>-lis). [Latin “a year that can be used”] Roman law. A 365-day period during which legal rights could be exercised, not including days when the courts were closed or when a person could  not otherwise pursue those rights; a year made  up of the available days for conducting legal business. Cf. ANNUS…