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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.