Lexicographical Neighbors of Nihils
Literary usage of Nihils
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Determined in the Several Courts of Westminster-hall, from by William Blackstone, Charles Heneage Elsley, James Clitherow (1828)
"... re- return of two nihils, but either on a return *of scire fed, or on affidavit
of no- .?•/•• t_ ., , . j- . i . turned, or an an affidavit of personal ..."
2. An Analytical Digest of All the Reported Cases Determined in the House of by Samuel Bealey Harrison, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain Court of Bankruptcy (1835)
"... ind to which two nihils were returned, on which judgment was signed and
execution issued, the court refused to set aside such judgment and execution, ..."
3. Eight Centuries of Reports: Or, Eight Hundred Cases Solemnly Adjudged in the by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1885)
"Upon a recognizance, two nihils ought to be returned upon the scire facias, before
execution can be awarded, but upon a scire fed returned upon one of them ..."
4. The American Decisions: Containing All the Cases of General Value and by John Proffatt, Abraham Clark Freeman (1887)
"The act of 1705, which gives the scire facias, does not fix the effect of two
nihils, but in practice they are considered equivalent to a garnishment, ..."
5. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1792)
"... whom judgment was given, and after two nihils returned judgment was awarded
... the two nihils returned amount to л fare feci ; and fo there being a ..."
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