Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Failure to make a
legal claim .
Etymologies
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non- + claim
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Examples
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The efFeft of a fine to create a bar by nonclaim, is, cater is paribus y a reafon for giving it a prefer - ence.
Tracts on I. The Definition and Nature of Cross Remainder, II. Fines and Recoveries by Tenant in ... 1797
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But a fine and nonclaim, or a defccnt caft; an accord, with fatisfaftion; and ancient demefne, are good pleas in this aftion,
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