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NAïVE, adjective  believing, callow, childish, childlike, credulous, deceivable, deludable, dupable, exploitable, foolable, green, gullible, immature, inexperienced, innocent, natural, open, plain, provincial, simple, simplex, trusting, unaffected, unfeigned, unschooled, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unworldly, void of suspicion

NAKED (Lacking embellishment), adjective  bare, basal, basic, devoid of consideration, elementary, fundamental, laid bare, mere, plain, sheer, simple, stark, straight, unadorned, unadulterated, uncomplicated, undecorated, undisguised, unembellished, unexaggerated, unmasked, unornamented, unvarnished, unveiled

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: naked promise

NAKED (Perceptible), adjective  apparent, brought to light, clear, cognizable, conspicuous, discernible, disclosed, discoverable, distinct, distinguishable, easy to see, evident, explicit, exposed, express, in plain view, made public, manifest, not obscure, noticeable, observable, obvious, open, ostensible, overt, patent, perceivable, plain, prominent, recognizable, revealed, unconcealed, unmistakable, visible

NAME, noun  being, characteristic, difference, distinction, distinctiveness, distinctness, identifier, identifying characteristic, identity, individualism, oneness, originality, particularity, personage, personal characteristic, personality, quality of being singular, self, selfness, singleness, singularity, specialty, uniqueness

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: distinctive name, trade name

NAMED, adjective  called, classified, delineated, denoted as, described as, designate as, determined as, discriminated as, distinguished as, identified as, known as, recognized as, referred to as, specified as

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: named in a caption

NARCOTIC, adjective  anesthetic, anodyne, anodynous, assuaging, assuasive, calmant, calmative, deadening, depressant, dulling, hypnotic, mitigating, narcotical, opiate, pain-killing, palliative, paregoric, sedative, slumberous, somniferous, somnific, soothing, soporiferous, soporific, stupefactive, torporifc, tranquilizing

NARCOTIC, noun  alleviative, alleviator, anesthetic, anodyne, assuasive drug, barbiturate, calmative, depressant, dope, drug, hypnotic, lenitive, medication, medicine, mitigative, opiate, pain reliever, painkiller, palliative, sedative, somnifacient, soother, soporific, stupefacient, tranquilizer

NARRATION, noun  account, chronicle, delineation, depiction, depictment, description, descriptive account, discourse, disquisition, expositio, exposition, iteration, narratio, narrative, portrayal, recapitulation, recital, recitation, recountal, recounting, reiteration, relation, rendition, repetition, report, representation, restatement, retelling, review, setting forth, sketch, storytelling, summarization, summary, tale, tale telling

NARRATIVE, adjective  anecdotal, communicative, declarative, declaratory, descriptive, detailed, disquisitional, epic, exegetic, exegetical, explanatory, explicative, explicatory, expositive, expository, graphic, illuminating, illuminative, illustrative, informational, informative, narrare, recounted, reported, sequential, storylike, told

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: narrative testimony

NARROW, adjective  attenuated, bigoted, circumscribed, compressed, confined, constricted, contracted, contractus, cramped, crowded, defined, dogmatic, exact, fanatical, fine, illiberal, incapacious, inhibiting, intolerant, limited, literal, narrow-minded, opinionated, parochial, pinched, precise, prescribed, protected, provincial, qualified, registered, restricted, rigid, scant, scanty, simple, slender, strict, tapering, thin, tight

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: a narrowly written decision, narrow interpretation

NARROW MEANING, noun  accurate meaning, correct meaning, defined meaning, definition, distinct meaning, exact meaning, explanation, explicit meaning, express meaning, faithful meaning, inflexible meaning, literal meaning, methodical meaning, meticulous meaning, not subject to interpretation, ordinary meaning, plain meaning, precise meaning, prescribed meaning, rigid meaning, rigorous meaning, sharply defined, significance, specific meaning, strict meaning, unbending meaning, uncompromising meaning, unequivocal meaning

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: construction, literal contract, literal proof, plain meaning rule, rules of statutory, soft plain meaning rule, textualism

NARROWLY TAILORED, noun  government action that addresses essential elements of government interest, government action that goes no further than necessary, government action that is appropriate, government action that is not overbroad, government action that utilizes the least restrictive means

NASCENCY, noun  beginning, birth, commencement, creation, debut, development, emergence, entrance, entry, evolution, evolvement, first appearance, first stage, first step, formation, foundation, founding, genesis, inauguration, inception, inchoation, incipience, incipiency, incunabula, induction, infancy, initiation, introduction, invention, launching, nascence, nativity, onset, origin, origination, outset, rise, start, starting

NASCENT, adjective  beginning, blossoming, budding, burgeoning, developing, earlier, early, elemental, elementary, embryonic, first, first ever, first of all, fledgling, flowering, formative, foundational, fundamental, germinal, in its infancy, inaugural, inceptive, inchoate, incipient, incunabular, infant, infantile, infantine, initial, initiatory, introductory, inventive, original, originating, potential, prenatal, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, promising, rudimental, rudimentary, seminal, youthful

NATION, noun  captive nation, commonweal, commonwealth, confederation, county, developed nation, domain, dominion, kingdom, land, nationality, possession, power, province, realm, territory

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: comity, free trade, international law

NATIONAL, adjective  affecting the nation as a whole, common, country-wide, domestic, established by the federal government, federal, general, government, government-owned, governmental, public, publicly owned, societal, sovereign

NATIONALITY, noun  allegiance, birth, body politic, citizenry, commonwealth, country, fatherland, habitancy, homeland, inhabitancy, inhabitation, nation, national group, national status, native land, nativity, origin, people, polity, populace, society, sovereign state, statehood, stock

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: immigration and naturalization

NATIONALIZE, verb  appropriate for federal use, appropriate for government use, make national, make national in character, place under government control, remove from private ownership, seize for public use, seize for the government, socialize, transfer control to the government, transfer ownership to the government

NATIVE (Domestic), adjective  aboriginal, autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, domestic, enchorial, enchoric, endemic, endemical, home-grown, indigenous, local, locally born, not alien, not foreign, original, regional, unborrowed, vernacular

NATIVE (Inborn), adjective  basic, born, congenital, connate, connatural, essential, fundamental, genetic, hereditary, inbred, indigenous, ingenerate, ingenit, ingrained, inherent, inherited, innate, instinctive, instinctual, intrinsic, natal, natural, organic, original

NATIVE RIGHTS, noun  Aboriginal American rights, indigenous rights, Native American civil rights, Native American rights, tribal sovereignty

NATURAL, adjective  artless, authentic, characteristic, connate, consistent, crude, free from affectation, fundamental, genuine, inborn, inbred, indigenous, ingenerate, ingrained, innate, innatus, instinctive, instinctual, lifelike, native, nativus, normal, organic, original, pure, real, realistic, regular, true to life, typical, unadulterated, unartificial, uncultivated, unsynthetic, untouched

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: natural law

NATURALIZE (Acclimate), verb  accommodate, accustom, adapt, adjust, assimilate, become habituated, cultivate a habit, familiarize, fit the pattern, get used to, habituate, harmonize, inure, learn a habit, make easy, make natural, normalize, regularize

NATURALIZE (Make a citizen), verb  accept as a citizen, admit citizenship, adopt, adopt as a citizen, adopt into a nation, assimilate, citizenize, confer privileges of a native citizen, confer rights of citizenship, denizenize, endow with rights of citizenship, extend citizenship to an alien, homini civitatem dare, nationalize, place in the condition of natural born subjects

NATURE (Kind), noun  attribute, brand, breed, character, characteristic, description, designation, differentia, differential, distinctive feature, domain, feature, ilk, individualism, label, make, manner, mannerism, mark, model, mold, particularity, peculiarity, persuasion, quality, quirk, specialty, species, sphere, strain, style, taint, tang, taste, the like or likes of, token, trait, tribe, trick, type, variety

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: nature of an action, the nature of a case

NATURE (Naturalness), noun  artlessness, inartificiality, intactness, natural man, natural state, nature in the raw, pristineness, state of nature, virginity

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: environmental law

NEAR, adjective  adjacent, adjoining, approaching, approximate, bordering, close, close by, contiguous, imminent, impending, in close proximity, in the area, in the neighborhood, in the vicinity, nearby, neighboring, next, next to, proximal, proximate to, surrounding, tangent, touching, vicinal

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: case near to being put on the trial calendar, case nearly ready for trial, cases near trial, completion, near competition, substantial completion

NEARBY, adjective  abutting, accessible, adjacent, adjoining, approaching, bordering, close, close-up, coming, contiguous, convenient, handy, immediate, local, near, neighboring, next-door, nigh, proximate

NEAREST, adjective  almost, approximate, closer, closest, close-up, immediate, most immediate, near, nearby, neighboring, next-door, proximate, relative

NEBULOUS, adjective  abstruse, ambiguous, bleared, blurred, blurry, clouded, cloudy, confused, dim, dusky, faint, foggy, hazy, ill-defined, imperspicuous, indeterminate, indistinct, lacking clarity, nebulose, nebulosus, not clear, obfuscated, obscure, out of focus, pale, recondite, shadowed, shadowy, uncertain, unclear, undefined, undiscernible, unintelligible, vague

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: nebulous contract

NECESSARY (Inescapable), adjective  avoidless, certain, choiceless, compelling, constraining, decided, decreed, designated, destined, expected, fated, fateful, fixed, foreordained, imminent, impending, ineluctable, ineludible, inevitable, inexorable, irresistible, irrevocable, ordained, sealed, settled, sure, unalterable, unavoidable, uncontrollable, undeniable, unevasible, unpreventable

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: necessary damages, necessary expenses, necessary implication, necessary inference, necessary injury

NECESSARY (Required), adjective  all-important, basic, binding, bounden, chief, coercive, compelling, compulsory, critical, crucial, demanded, dictated, essential, exigent, expedient, fundamental, imperative, important, imposed, incumbent, indispensable, integral, key, mandatory, necessitated, necessitous, needed, obligatory, paramount, prerequisite, prescribed, prime, principal, requisite, requisitioned, significant, strategic, strategical, substantive, urgent, vital

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: necessary parties

NECESSARY, noun  essence, essential, essentiality, indispensable thing, necessitas, necessities, necessitousness, necessitude, necessity, need, prerequirement, prerequisite, qualification, requirement, requisite, vitals

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: duty to provide necessaries, necessaries of life

NECESSARY PARTY, noun  critical party who cannot be joined, crucial party who cannot be joined, integral defendant who cannot be joined, integral disputant who cannot be joined, integral party who cannot be joined, integral petitioner who cannot be joined, integral plaintiff who cannot be joined, integral respondent who cannot be joined, needed party who cannot be joined, party whose interests will be affected, prescribed party whose cannot be joined, significant party who cannot be joined, strategic party who cannot be joined, vital party who cannot be joined

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: indispensable party, proper party

NECESSITATE, verb  call for, clamor for, coerce, cogere, compel, concuss, create a need, decree, demand, dictate, enjoin, exact, force, impel, impose, insist upon, leave no choice, leave no option, make indispensable, make inevitable, make necessary, make unavoidable, obligate, oblige, ordain, predetermine, raise a demand, render necessary, require

NECESSITY, noun  absolute requisite, basic ingredient, central element, characteristic feature, compelling quality, compulsory detail, crucial part, egestas, elementary detail, essential, essential element, exigency, fundamental, fundamental principle, fundamental unit, highly important detail, imperative, indispensable, indispensable provision, inevitable, integral part, irreplaceable feature, irresistible compulsion, main ingredient, mandatory factor, necessary attribute, necessary component, necessitas, need, precondition, prerequirement, prerequisite, primary constituent, qualification, recognized condition, required item, requirement, requisite, rudiment, significant detail, strategic item, urgency, urgent requirement, vital part, vitals

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: compelling necessity, economic necessity, finding of necessity, prescription by necessity, public necessity, strict necessity

FOREIGN PHRASES: Quod est necessarium est licitum.  That which is necessary is lawful. Necessitas excusat aut extenuat delictum in capitalibus, quod non operatur idem in civilibus. Necessity excuses or extenuates an offense in capital cases, but not in civil cases. Necessitas est lex temporis et loci. Necessity is the law of a particular time and place. Lex judicat de rebus necessario faciendis quasi re ipsa factis. The law judges of things which must necessarily be done as if they were actually done. Necessitas inducit privilegium quoad jura privata. Necessity gives a privilege with reference to private rights. Necessitas publica major est quam privata. Public necessity is greater than private.

NECTAROUS, adjective  candied, cloying, delectable, delicious, dulcet, honeyed, luscious, melliferous, oversweet, rich, saccharine, sugary, sweet, tasty

NEED (Deprivation), noun  absence, dearth, deficiency, deficit, demand, exigency, extremity, inadequacy, incompleteness, indigence, insufficiency, lack, necessitousness, necessitude, necessity, paucity, penury, privation, scantiness, scarcity, shortage, shortness of supply, thirst, vacuum, want, wantage

NEED (Requirement), noun  compulsion, compulsory detail, crucial part, demand, desideration, desideratum, essential element, essentiality, essentialness, fundamental, highly important detail, indispensability, indispensable provision, integral part, irreplaceability, irreplaceable feature, mandatory factor, necessary, necessary attribute, necessary component, necessity, obligation, precondition, preliminary condition, prequisiteness, prerequirement, proviso, required item, requisite, requisiteness, strategic item, urgency, urgent requirement, vital part, vitalness

NEED, verb  claim, clamor for, crave, cry for, demand, desire, exact, feel the necessity for, feel the want of, find indispensable, find necessary, have an urge for, have need for, have occasion for, have use of, hunger for, long for, lust for, miss, require, thirst for, want, yearn for

NEEDLESS, adjective  avoidable, beside the point, causeless, dispensable, excess, excessive, exorbitant, expendable, expletive, extra, extraneous, fruitless, futile, gratuitous, groundless, inordinate, irrelevant, non necessarius, noncompulsory, nonessential, optional, overabundant, overmuch, overplentiful, oversufficient, pleonastic, prodigal, redundant, spare, superabundant, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, supervenient, surplus, unavailing, uncalled-for, undesirable, unessential, unnecessary, unneeded, unprofitable, unrequired, unrewarding, unwanted, useless, valueless, wanton, wasteful, worthless

NEFARIOUS, adjective  abominable, arrant, bad, base, confounded, contemptible, corrupt, criminal, degenerate, deplorable, depraved, despicable, detestable, devilish, diabolical, discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, dissolute, dreadful, evil, execrable, felonious, flagitious, flagrant, foul, gross, hateful, heinous, horrible, ignoble, immoral, impious, improper, indecent, infamous, infernal, iniquitous, malignant, miscreant, monstrous, nefarius, obnoxious, odious, outrageous, peccant, pernicious, profligate, reprehensible, reprobate, scandalous, shameful, sinful, sinister, terrible, treacherous, unrighteous, vile, villainous, wicked, wrong

NEGATE, verb  abnegate, abolish, abort, abrogate, annihilate, annul, cancel, confound, confute, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter, counteract, countermand, counterpoise, declare invalid, declare null and void, defeat, demur, deny, deprive of force, destroy, disaffirm, disallow, disavow, disclaim, discontinue, discredit, disprove, dispute, disregard, explain away, falsify, impugn, invalidate, negative, neutralize, nullify, object, obliterate, offset, oppose, override, overrule, overthrow, prohibit, protest, prove the contrary, quash, rebut, recant, refute, render null and void, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, rule out, set aside, suppress, suspend, traverse, vacate, veto

NEGATION, noun  abjuration, abnegation, abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annulment, cancellation, cassation, confutation, contradiction, contravention, declination, declinature, defiance, denial, disaffirmation, disagreement, disapprobation, disapproval, disavowal, disclaimer, disproof, dissent, forswearing, gainsay, gainsaying, infitiatio, invalidation, negatio, nonacceptance, nonagreement, noncompliance, nonconsent, noncorroboration, nullification, objection, opposition, protest, protestation, recantation, refusal, refutation, rejection, repeal, repudiation, rescission, resistance, retractation, retraction, reversal, revocation, revokement, traversal

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: negation of warranty

NEGATIVE, adjective  acrimonious, antagonistic, antipathetic, antipathetical, argumentative, at odds with, attacking, averse, belligerent, bickering, cantankerous, clashing, conflicting, confutative, contentious, contesting, contradictory, contrary, contrasted, contrasting, contravening, converse, counteractive, countering, demurring, denying, disaccordant, disavowing, discordant, disobliging, disputing, dissentient, dissident, factious, fractious, gainsaying, hostile, ill-willed, impugning, incompatible, inimical, inverse, negans, negatory, opposed, opposing, opposite, quarrelsome, rancorous, rebuffing, rebutting, refuting, rejecting, repudiating, repugnant, resistive, reverse, spurning, traversing, unaffirmative, unconverted, unconvinced

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: negative covenant, negative easement, negative evidence, negative testimony

NEGATIVE ADVERTISING, noun  blemishing political ads, derogative political ads, derogatory commercials, immoral ads, malicious political ads, marring political ads, mean commercials, nasty political spots, negative commercials, offensive election commercials, smearing political ads

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: election law, Federal Election Commission

NEGLECT, noun  abandonment, absentmindedness, breach, bungling, careless abandon, carelessness, default, delinquency, dereliction, disregard, failure, heedlessness, idleness, improvidence, imprudence, inaction, inadvertence, inattention, inattentiveness, incuria, indifference, indiligence, indiligentia, inexecution, inexertion, laches, laxity, laxness, misprision, neglegentia, negligence, noncompletion, noncompliance, nonfeasance, nonfulfillment, nonobservance, nonperformance, omission, oversight, procrastination, prodigality, rashness, recklessness, remissness, slackness, slight, sloth, slovenliness, thoughtlessness, unactivity, unalertness, unconcern, unconscientiousness, unheedfulness, unmindfulness, unobservance, unwariness, unwatchfulness

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: culpable neglect, neglect of duty, neglect to act, neglect to prosecute, willful neglect

FOREIGN PHRASES: Magna culpa dolus est.  Gross neglect is the equivalent of fraud.

NEGLECT, verb  be careless, be inattentive, be lax, deserere, disdain, disregard, fail, forget, gloss over, ignore, intermittere, lay aside, leave alone, lose sight of, neglegere, not care for, not use, omit, overlook, pass by, pass over, pay no attention, pay no heed to, pay no regard to, pretermit, procrastinate, refuse to recognize, shirk, shun, skip, slight, take no note, take no notice

NEGLECTFUL, adjective careless, delinquent, derelict, disregardful, forgetful, heedless, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, injudicious, inobservant, irresponsible, lax, mindless, neglectful, not diligent, not heedful, oblivious, reckless, remiss, thoughtless, unconcerned, unheeding, unmindful, unthinking, unwatchful

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: defendants neglectful of their duty, neglectful parents

NEGLIGENCE, noun  abandonment, breach of duty, carelessness, culpa, delinquency, dereliction, disregard, failure, heedlessness, improvidence, imprudence, inadvertence, inadvertency, inattention, inattentiveness, incautiousness, incircumspection, inconsideration, incuria, indifference, indiligentia, inobservance, irresponsibility, lack of attention, lack of diligence, laxity, laxness, neglectfulness, neglegentia, obliviousness, omission, oversight, recklessness, regardlessness, remissness, slackness, unalertness, unconcern, unmindfulness, unobservance, unwariness, unwatchfulness, want of thought

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: actionable negligence, active negligence, assumption of risk, causal negligence, comparative negligence, concurrent negligence, contributory negligence, criminal negligence, culpable negligence, estoppel by negligence, gross negligence, imputed negligence, last clear chance doctrine, malpractice, negligence per se, ordinary negligence, passive negligence, res ipsa loquitur, standard of care, supervening negligence, wanton negligence, willful negligence

FOREIGN PHRASES: Magna negligentia culpa est; magna culpa dolus est.  Gross negligence is fault; gross fault is equivalent to a fraud. Culpa lata dolo aequiparatur. Gross negligence is equivalent to intentional wrong.

NEGLIGENCE PER SE, idiom  absolute delinquency, absolute fault, breach, breach of a standard of conduct, contravention, crime, disobedience, failure, infraction, lapse, misbehavior, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, neglect, noncompliance, offense, oversight, pure dereliction, strict imposition of liability, transgression, trespass, violation, wrongdoing

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: negligence per quod

NEGLIGENT, adjective  bungling, careless, delinquent, derelict, disregardant, disregardful, heedless, ill-considered, improvident, imprudent, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, indifferent, indiligens, injudicious, inobservant, irresponsible, lax, mindless, neglectful, neglegens, oblivious, off guard, rash, reckless, regardless, remiss, remissus, slack, slipshod, slothful, slovenly, temerarious, temerous, thoughtless, unalert, uncalculating, uncircumspect, unconcerned, undiligent, unheedful, unheeding, unmindful, unthinking, unthorough, unwary, unwatchful

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: negligent act, negligent conduct, negligent injury

NEGLIGIBLE, adjective  beneath notice, dispensable, expendable, immaterial, imperceptible, inappreciable, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, insubstantial, irrelevant, levis, light, little, meager, minor, minute, moderate, modest, nominal, nugatory, of little account, of little consequence, of little importance, of no moment, of no significance, paltry, picayune, poor, puny, scant, scanty, slight, small, tenuis, trifling, trivial, unessential, unimportant, unnoteworthy, unsubstantial, unworthy of regard, valueless

FOREIGN PHRASES: De minimis non curat lex.  The law pays no attention to insignificant things.

NEGOTIABLE, adjective  alienable, assignable, capable of being transferred, consignable, conveyable, exchangeable, interchangeable, maneuverable, marketable, salable, transferable, transmissible, transmittible, vendible

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: commercial paper, negotiable contract, negotiable instruments, promissory note

NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENT, noun  bank check, bank note, bank paper, bill, bill of exchange, cashier’s check, check, commercial instrument, commercial paper, commercial transition, debenture, draft, negotiable paper, note, personal check, promissory note, secured

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: dishonor, named payee presentment

NEGOTIATE, verb  accommodate, arbitrate, arrange for, bargain, bid for, bring to terms, come to terms, dicker, haggle, hurdle, intercede, intermediate, make peace, make terms, mediate, meet halfway, parley, referee, settle, settle disputes, straighten out, surmount, transact, umpire, work out

NEGOTIATION, noun  arbitrament, arbitration, bargaining, compromise, conference, conloquium, consultation, contract talks, deliberation, dickering, diplomacy, discussion, exchange of views, haggling, mediation, parley, summitry, treaty-making

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: collective bargaining, preliminary negotiation

NEGOTIATOR, noun  adjudicator, adjuster, agent, arbiter, bargainer, broker, consul, dealer, delegate, diplomat, emissary, envoy, financier, go-between, intermediary, mediator, merchant, middleman, moderator, plenipotentiary, politician, representative, tactician

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: arbitration, litigation, mediation

NEIGHBORHOOD, noun  area, citizenry, city, commune, community, hamlet, locale, locale enclave, locality, place, populous, public, region, town, vicinity, village

NEOPHYTE, noun  abecedarian, amateur, apprentice, beginner, catechumen, debutant, entrant, fledgling, freshman, learner, newcomer, novice, prentice, pupil, student, tenderfoot, trainee, tyro

NEPOTISM, noun  bias, corruptibility, corruption, family patronage, favor, favoritism, inequitableness, inequity, injustice, interest, leaning, partiality, partisanism, partisanship, patronage, preferential treatment, undetachment, unfairness, unjustness

NESCIENCE, noun  blindness, darkness, greenness, ignorance, ignoration, incognizance, inexperience, lack of awareness, lack of knowledge, lack of learning, naïveté, rawness, unawareness, uncomprehension, unenlightenment, uninformedness, unintelligence, unknowingness, unlearnedness

NET, adjective  clear, irreducible, leftover, remaining, residual, residuary, surplus, surviving, unexpended, unspent

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: net assets, net balance, net capital stock, net earnings, net estate, net income, net loss, net premium, net price, net proceeds, net profit, net rents, net revenues, net value, net worth

NETTLE, verb  acerbate, affront, aggravate, agitate, anger, annoy, antagonize, badger, chafe, disquiet, disturb, exasperate, excite, fret, gall, goad, harass, incense, insult, ire, irritate, miff, pester, pique, provoke, rankle, sting, tease, upset, vex

NETWORK, noun  body, combined system, complicated system, interface, intertwining system, laced system, systematic web, weave, weaving, web, webbing

NEUTRAL, adjective  disengaged, disinterested, dispassionate, equitable, fair, fair-minded, impartial, impersonal, independent, indifferent, isolationist, nonaligned, nonbelligerent, noncombatant, noncommittal, noninterfering, noninterventionist, nonparticipant, nonparticipating, nonpartisan, objective, pacific, pacifistic, peaceable, peaceful, unaffected, unbiased, unbigoted, uncommitted, unconcerned, uninfluenced, uninvolved, unjaundiced, unprejudiced, unprepossessed, unswayed

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: neutral property

NEUTRALITY, noun  aloofness, detachment, disinterest, disinterestedness, dispassionateness, impartiality, indifference, moderateness, neutralism, nonbelligerence, noncombatance, noninterference, nonintervention, nonparticipance, nonparticipation, nonpartisanship

NEUTRALIZE, verb  annul, balance, cancel, cancel out, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, deactivate, deaden, demagnetize, destroy the effect of, disable, disenable, equalize, incapacitate, invalidate, make ineffective, negate, nullify, offset, render inert, render inoperative, render neutral, vitiate

NEW (Creative), adjective  causative, conceived, conceptive, conceptual, constructive, created with a different approach, created with a different look, created with a fresh approach, created with a fresh look, effectuated, formative, imagined, ingenious, innovative, inventive, original, originated by, originative, produced, produced by someone blessed with talent, produced by someone capable, produced by someone talented, resourceful, talented, unique

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: patents

NEW (Initial), adjective  beginning, chief, elementary, first, first ever, foremost, fundamental, inaugural, inceptive, inchoate, incipient, introductory, nascent, original, preliminary, primary, primary original, rudimentary, seminal, unique

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: new law

NEWS, noun  broadcast news, coverage, current affairs, daily news, developments, happenings, hard news, information, intelligence, media, news gathering, news medium, news service, press, reportage, reporting, television, the fourth estate, the press, the press corps, word

NEWSWORTHY, adjective  acclaimed, consequential, contemporary, crucial, essential, far-reaching, front-page, great, important, influential, meaningful, momentous, notable, noteworthy, paramount, relevant, significant, substantive, timely, topical, urgent, vital

NEXT (Near), adjective  abutting, adjacent, adjoining, bordering, connecting, contiguous, immediate, in the neighborhood, in the vicinity, joined, juxtaposed, neighboring, tangential

NEXT (Noted), adjective  acclaimed, applauded, celebrated, consequential, conspicuous, distinguished, eminent, exalted, extraordinary, famed, famous, foremost, great, honored, illustrious, important, known, leading, matchless, much touted, notable, noteworthy, notorious, outstanding, popular, preeminent, prominent, recognized, remarkable, reputable, singular, unexampled, unique, unparalleled, unprecedented, well-known

NEXT (Succeeding), adjective  additional, consequent, ensuing, following, progressive, sequent, sequential, serial, subsequent, successive

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: next devisee, next estate, next of kin

NEXT OF KIN, noun  blood kindred, blood relation, blood relative, close relative, collateral relative, consanguineal relations, family, family connection, family tie, individual’s nearest relative, kin, kindred, kinsman, kinspeople, near relation, nearest blood relation, nearest relative by blood, related by affinity, relation by blood, relations, relatives

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: decedent’s estate, heirs

NEXUS, noun  affiliation, alliance, association, attachment, bond, bridge, connecting link, connection, connective, coupling, interconnection, intermedium, interrelation, kinship, liaison, link, privity, relation, relationship, thread, tie, union, vinculum

NICE, adjective  affable, agreeable, befitting, correct, decent, decorous, delicate, exact, finespun, genial, genteel, good-natured, good-tempered, gracious, hospitable, mellow, nice, nuanced, palatable, pleasant, polite, refined, respectable, seemly, subtle, sweet, well-disposed

NOBLE, adjective  aristocratic, august, courtly, dignified, distinguished, elevated, eminent, esteemed, estimable, exalted, famous, glorious, grand, held in esteem, heroic, highly esteemed, honorable, honored, inspiring, kingly, lauded, lofty, magisterial, magnificent, majestic, meritorious, outstanding, prestigious, princely, prominent, regal, renowned, reputable, respectable, respected, revered, royal, soaring, stately, superb, worthy

NOISE, noun  ado, blare, blatancy, cacophony, charivari, clamor, clamorousness, clangor, clatter, cry, detonation, din, discord, fanfare, fracas, harsh sound, hubbub, hullabaloo, jangle, loudness, outcry, pandemonium, racket, ruckus, ruction, sonitus, sound, stir, strepitus, tumult, unpleasant sound, uproar, uproariousness, vociferance, vociferation

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: disturbing the peace, noise pollution, nuisance

NOISOME, adjective  abhorrent, abominable, arrant, atrocious, awful, base, blameworthy, brutal, coarse, contemptible, crude, deplorable, despicable, detestable, disgusting, dreadful, egregious, execrable, fetid, foul, grievous, heinous, horrible, horrid, ignoble, infamous, monstrous, nefarious, noxious, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rude, sad, shameful, shocking, sickening, terrible, vile, woeful, wretched

NOLLO CONTENDERE, noun  acceptance of penalty, admission of the facts, plea, settlement

NOLLO PROSEQUI, noun  abrogation, cancellation, counter order, countermand, reversal, reversion

NOMINAL, adjective  cheap, cut-rate, hardly worth mention, honorary, in name only, inconsiderable, inexpensive, insignificant, little, low, low-priced, meager, meaningless, minimum, minute, moderate, modest, negligible, nomine, petty, reduced, scanty, simple, slight, small, superficial, symbolic, titular, titulary, token, trifling, trivial, unactual, unimportant, unsubstantial

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: nominal capital, nominal consideration, nominal damages, nominal defendant, nominal owner, nominal parties, nominal plaintiff, nominal value

NOMINATE, verb  appoint, assign, call, choose, commission, constitute, denominate, designare, designate for appointment, designate for election, dicere, draft, engage, entitle, install, label, name, name for office, nominare, ordain, ordinate, place in authority, place in command, place in office, propose, propose as a candidate, put up, select, specify, style, suggest, tag, title, vote into office

NOMINATION, noun  appointment, assignment, authorization, choice, choosing, delegation, denomination, deputization, designatio, designation, election, naming, nominatio, ordainment, ordination, proposal, selection

NOMINEE (Candidate), noun  chosen representative, flag bearer, named representative, political representative, selection

NOMINEE (Delegate), noun  appointee, consignee, licensee, representative, selectee, trustee

NON COMPOS MENTIS, adjective  abnormal, bereft of reason, crazed, crazy, declared insane, defective, demented, deprived of one’s wits, deranged, dim-witted, diseased in mind, disoriented, distraught, dull-witted, feeble-minded, idiotic, insane, insanely deluded, lunatic, mad, maddened, manic, maniacal, mental, mentally deficient, mentally diseased, mentally ill, mentally sick, mentally unsound, mindless, moronic, of unsound mind, out of one’s mind, out of one’s senses, out of one’s wits, psychologically abnormal, psychopathic, psychotic, raving, senseless, simple-minded, unbalanced, unsettled, unsettled in one’s mind, unsound, unstable, utterly senseless

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: insanity, lack of capacity

NON SEQUITUR, noun  anacoluthon, bad logic, circular reasoning, contradiction of terms, disconnectedness, discontinuity, fallacious argument, fallacious reasoning, fallacy, false reasoning, flaw in the argument, illogical conclusion, illogical deduction, illogical result, inconsequence, irrational conclusion, irrelevancy, loose thinking, lost connection, nonsensicality, nonsensicalness, paralogism, sophism, sophistry, specious argument, specious reasoning, unfounded conclusion, unwarranted conclusion, wrong reasoning

NONACCEPTANCE, noun  abnegation, abridgment, at an impasse, confutation, contradiction, contrary assertion, contravention, disaffirmation, disallowance, disavowal, disclamation, dissent, negation, no agreement, no meeting of the minds, objection, protest, rebuttal, recantation, refutation, rejection, renouncement, renunciation, retraction

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: presentment

NONAGE, noun  adolescence, childhood, early stage, immaturity, infancy, legal immaturity, legal minority, minority, period of legal immaturity, period of legal minority, tender age, youth

NONAPPEARANCE, noun  absence without leave, absentation, absenteeism, concealment, default, failure to appear, hiding, imperceptibility, indiscernibility, inexistence, invisibility, invisibleness, nonattendance, nonpresence, obscurity, truancy, unperceivability, unseeableness, vanishment

NONCANCELABLE, adjective  abiding, durable, indelible, ineffaceable, irrepealable, irreversible, lasting, nonabolishable, nonannullable, nonerasable, nonrescindable, nonretractable, nonreversible, permanent, unchangeable, undestroyable, unquashable, unvoidable

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: noncancelable clause

NONCHALANT, adjective  aequo animo, apathetic, blase, calm, carefree, casual, collected, composed, cool, dispassionate, easygoing, impassive, imperturbable, indifferent, insouciant, inured, lacking enthusiasm, lacking interest, lacking warmth, lukewarm, offhand, passionless, pococurante, self-controlled, spiritless, studied, unaffected, unaroused, unblushing, uncaring, unconcerned, unenthusiastic, unexcited, unfeeling, unflappable, unimpassioned, unimpressed, uninterested, unmindful, unmoved, unruffled, unshocked, unspirited, unstirred, untouched, unworried

NONCOMMITTAL, adjective  careful, cautious, changeable, close, discreet, evasive, faltering, guarded, hedging, heedful, hesitant, hesitating, incommunicative, inconstant, indecisive, infirm of purpose, irresolute, irresolved, laconic, lukewarm, mutable, neutral, on guard, precautionary, precautious, prudent, reserved, reticent, secretive, silent, taciturn, unassured, uncertain, uncommitted, uncommunicative, undaring, undecided, unforthcoming, uninvolved, unresolved, unresponsive, unsettled, unsteadfast, unsteady, unsure, vacillating, vague, wary, watchful, wavering

NONCOMPETE CLAUSE, noun  agreement not to compete, contract against competing, covenant not to compete, express promise not to compete, noncompete agreement, prohibition against competition, restrictive covenant not to compete, restrictive provisions against competing

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: golden handcuffs, per se violations of law, restrictive covenants, scope of geographical area, time period

NONCOMPLIANCE (Improper completion), noun  deficient work, faulty work, inadequate final work, poor quality work, shabby work, wrong implementation

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: noncompliance with a judicial order

NONCOMPLIANCE (Nonobservance), noun  defiance, disloyalty, disregard of orders, non occurrence, nonconformity, refusal

NONCONFORMING, adjective  aberrant, alien, at odds with, at variance with, Bohemian, contrary, defiant, deviating, different, differing, disagreeing, disapproved, discordant, disobedient, dissentient, dissenting, dissident, dissimilar, distinct, distinguished, diversified, eccentric, exotic, heretical, incongruous, independent, irregular, lawless, nonadhering, noncompliant, nonobservant, nonuniform, original, out of line, out of step, peculiar, quaint, rare, remarkable, singular, solitary, special, unaccountable, unaccustomed, unadaptable, unadjustable, unclassifiable, uncommon, unconformable, unconventional, uncustomary, unexpected, unfashionable, unique, unordinary, unorthodox, unparalleled, unprecedented, unsubmissive, unusual, unwonted

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: nonconforming use

NONCONFORMITY, noun  aberration, abnormality, abnormity, anomalousness, anomaly, apostasy, bizarreness, Bohemianism, change, contrast, defiance, departure, deviation, difference, disagreement, disconformity, disobedience, disparity, dispute, dissent, dissidence, dissimilarity, distinctness, divergence, diverseness, diversity, eccentricity, exception, exceptionality, heresy, heterodoxy, heterogeneity, idiosyncrasy, incongruity, inconsistency, independence, individuality, irregularity, lack of agreement, nonagreement, nonconcurrence, nonuniformity, objection, originality, otherness, peculiarity, protest, protestation, recusancy, rejection, separateness, separatism, singularity, strangeness, unconformity, unconventionality, uniqueness, unlikeness, unorthodoxness, unorthodoxy, variance, variation, variety, veto

NONCONSENTING, adjective  critical, declinatory, defiant, disapproving, discontented, disobedient, disparaging, dissentient, dissenting, dissident, faultfinding, hostile, inacquiescent, insubordinate, intractable, nonconformant, noncontent, objecting, overcritical, protesting, recalcitrant, recusant, refusing, resistant, seditious, unapproving, uncomplying, unconsenting, unsubmissive, unwilling

NONCONTESTABLE, adjective  nonchallengeable, noncontrovertible, nondebatable, nondisputable, nonproblematical, nonquestionable, nonrefutable, undeniable, undoubtable, unquestionable

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: noncontestable clause

NONDESCRIPT, adjective  average, boring, characteristic, common, commonplace, conventional, difficult to classify, difficult to describe, dull, everyday, familiar, hackneyed, homely, indescribable, insipid, mediocre, middling, not extraordinary, not odd, not singular, not special, not unique, ordinary, pedestrian, plain, prosaic, stock, trite, typical, unadorned, unclassifiable, undistinguished, unenlivened, unexceptional, unexciting, unidentifiable, uninteresting, unremarkable, usual

NONENTITY, noun  blank, cipher, existenceless, figurehead, inexistence, insignificance, insignificancy, insubstantiality, matter of no consequence, matter of no importance, nihil, no one, nobody, nonbeing, nonexistence, nothing, nothingness, nought, nullity, terrae filius, unsubstantiality, unsubstantialness

NONESSENTIAL, adjective  accessory, added, additional, adscititious, auxiliary, avoidable, beside the point, beside the question, dispensable, excess, expendable, extra, extraneous, extrinsic, extrinsical, frivolous, gratuitous, incidental, inconsequential, inessential, insignificant, minor, needless, negligible, of little consequence, of little importance, of no account, of no concern, of no consequence, of no importance, of no significance, of small importance, optional, parenthetic, parenthetical, peripheral, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supervenient, supplemental, supplementary, trifling, trivial, uncalled for, unessential, ungermane, unimportant, unnecessary, unneeded, unnoteworthy, unrequired, unwarranted

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: nonessential services

NONEXISTENT, adjective  chimerical, fancied, fantastic, fantastical, hallucinatory, hypothetical, ideal, illusory, imaginary, imagined, inexistent, legendary, notional, theoretical, unborn, uncreated, unexisting, unreal, visionary

NONFEASANCE, noun  delinquency, dereliction, disregard, disregard of duty, failure, inattention, indifference, laxity, misprision, neglect of duty, negligence, nonfulfillment, nonperformance, omission

NONMILITANT, adjective  accommodative, agreeable, amicable, appeasable, conciliable, conciliative, conciliatory, concordant, forgiving, gentle, halcyon, irenic, irenical, meek, neutral, nonaggresive, noncombatant, noncombative, nonviolent, pacificatory, pacifistic, peaceloving, peaceable, peaceful, placable, placative, propitiable, propitiatory, tolerant, unaggressive, unbellicose, unbelligerent, uncontentious, unhostile, unmilitant, unpugnacious, unwarlike

NONOBSERVANCE, noun  arbitrary, averse, contrary, contumacious, defiant, delinquent, derelict, disloyal, disregarding, disrespectful, fractious, hostile, incorrigible, independent, indisposed, insubordinate, insurgent, intractable, irascible, irresponsible, lawbreaking, lawless, licentious, loath, mind of his or her own, misbehaving, mutinous, neglectful, negligent, noncompliant, nonconforming, obdurate, objecting, obstinate, obstreperous, opposed, opposing, perfidious, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, reluctant, remiss, resistant, resistive, restive, stubborn, uncooperative, undependable, undisciplined, undutiful, unfaithful, ungovernable, unmanageable, unmindful, unreliable, unruly, unwilling, unyielding, violating, wayward, wild, willful

FOREIGN PHRASES: Non observata forma, interftur adnullatio actus.  Where form is not observed, the annulling of the act is implied or follows.

NONOBVIOUSNESS, noun  invention which is not an obvious combination of preexisting work, invention which is not an obvious development of a preexisting work, invention which is not an obvious variation of a preexisting work, patent for invention unexpected by a person with ordinary skill in the art, requirement for patentability

NONPARTISAN, adjective  autonomous, broad-minded, detached, disengaged, equitable, evenhanded, fair, fair-minded, impartial, independent, judicious, latitudinarian, moderate, neutral, nonaligned, objective, self-determined, self-directing, self-governing, sovereign, unbiased, unbigoted, uncommitted, uncompelled, unforced, uninduced, uninfluenced, unprejudiced, unswayed, unwarped

NONPAYMENT, noun  bad debt, balance due, default, deferred payment, delinquency, dishonor, dishonored bill, evasion, failure, failure to pay, lapse, neglect, outstanding debt, oversight, refusal to pay, repudiation, unpaid dues

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: nonpayment of rent

NONPERFORMANCE, noun  avoidance, breach of promise, default, delinquency, dereliction of duty, disregard, dutilessness, evasion, evasion of duty, failure to perform, idleness, inactivity, inexecution, laxity, neglect, negligence, noncompletion, noncompliance, noncooperation, nonfeasance, nonfulfillment, nonpractice, omission, truancy, unduteousness, undutifulness, unfulfillment

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: nonperformance of a contract, nonperformance of a duty

NONPHASED, adjective  addled, at a loss, at a nonplus, at a stand or standstill, at an impasse, at one’s wit’s end, baffled, bamboozled, bewildered, buffaloed, confounded, dazed, deadlocked, fuddled, in a dilemma, in suspense, muddled, mystified, nonplussed, on tenterhooks, on the horns of a dilemma, perplexed, puzzled, stuck and stumped, stymied

NONPROFIT, adjective  altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, charitable, eleemosynary, humanitarian, munificent, philanthropic, public service

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: nonprofit corporation

NONRESIDENCE, noun absence, nondomicile, nonhabitancy, nonhabitation, noninhabitance, noninhabitancy, nonoccupance, nonoccupancy, nonoccupation, nonpresence, nontenancy

NONSECTARIAN, adjective  all-comprehensive, all-embracing, all-including, all-inclusive, broad, broad-based, collective, comprehensive, ecumenical, general, global, interdenominational, mixed, undenominational, universal, unspecified, worldwide

NONSUBSTANTIAL (Not sturdy), adjective  adynamic, asthenic, attenuated, below par, breakable, brittle, defective, deficient, delicate, destructible, enervated, ephemeral, fallacious, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, frangible, ghostly, illogical, inadequate, infirm, intangible, lame, limp, mediocre, perishable, powerless, slight, sorry, strengthless, tenuous, unearthly, ungrounded, unsolid, unsound, unstable, unsturdy, unsubstantial, untenable, weak, weakly, without force, without foundation, wobbly

NONSUBSTANTIAL (Not sufficient), adjective  deficient, depleted, deprived, disappointing, drained, inadequate, incomplete, insignificant, insubstantial, lacking, low, meager, niggardly, paltry, scant, scanty, scarce, stingy, thin, too little, too small, unacceptable, ungratifying, unsatisfactory, unsatisfying, unsufficing, wanting

NONSUIT, noun  defeat, directed verdict, failure to establish a cause of action, failure to make a case, failure to meet the burden of proof, failure to present sufficient evidence, hostile verdict, insufficiency as a matter of law, insufficient evidence, judgment for the defendant as a matter of law, termination of a case by inaction, termination of a judicial contest, termination of a lawsuit, termination of a lawsuit by failing to proceed, termination of a legal action, termination of a legal proceeding, termination of a proceeding, termination of a suit in law, termination of an action, termination of an action at law by failure to proceed, termination of an action by neglect, termination of litigation

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: compulsory nonsuit, demurrer, discontinuance, dismissal, involuntary nonsuit, motion for nonsuit, peremptory nonsuit, voluntary nonsuit

NONTOXIC, adjective  benign, harmless, hurtless, innocent, innocuous, innoxious, inoffensive, nonfatal, nonirritating, nonlethal, nonmalignant, nonpoisonous, nonvenomous, nonvirulent, not baneful, not dangerous, not deadly, not deleterious, not pernicious, not toxiferous, safe, undestructive, unhazardous, uninjurious, unobjectionable, without risk

NONUSE, noun  abeyance, absence, abstinence, desuetude, disusage, disuse, forebearance, neglect, nonemployment, nonutilization, suspension

NORM, noun  average, general performance, generality, habit, median, midpoint, model, mold, ordinary run, pattern, point of comparison, regular performance, rule, standard, typical performance

NORMAL (Regular), adjective  according to rule, average, common, commonplace, conforming, conventional, customary, established, everyday, habitual, natural, orderly, ordinary, representative, routine, standard, standardized, true to form, typical, unexceptional, unvarying, usual

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: normal conditions, normal course of business, normal use

NORMAL (Sane), adjective  fit, logical, lucid, mentally sound, of sound judgment, rational, reasonable, responsible, sensible, sound, temperate

NOSCITUR A SOCIIS, adverb  comprehended from accompanying words, perceived from accompanying words, realized from accompanying words, recognized from accompanying words, understood from accompanying words

NOT ADMISSIBLE, adjective  banned, barred, deemed improper, deemed inapplicable, disallowed, disapproved, excepted, excluded, inadmissible, inapposite, inappropriate, ineligible, irrelevant, not admitted in, not allowed as evidence, not allowed in, not allowed in evidence, not allowed to be admitted as evidence, not capable of being introduced as evidence, objectionable, prohibited, refused, rejected, suppressed, unfit, unqualified, unsuitable, wrong

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: evidence obtained by torture, hearsay, impeachment, not admissible into evidence

NOT COUNTENANCED, adjective  disallowed, forbidden, illegitimate, improper, inappropriate, incorrect, not allowed, not approved, not blessed, not permitted, not proper, prohibited, proscribed, unapproved, uncertified, undue, unendorsed, unlawful, unlicensed, unsanctioned, unsuitable, unwarranted

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: a deception not countenanced, a substantial departure not countenanced by law, mistake not countenanced, not countenanced by the courts, practices not countenanced by the courts

NOT EQUITABLE, adjective  biased, fraudulent, improper, inequitable, jaundiced, not balanced, not fair, not just, not proper, one-sided, prejudiced, unequal, uneven, unfair, unjust, unprincipled, unreasonable

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: not equitable process

NOT GUILTY, adjective  above suspicion, blameless, clean-handed, exculpable, faultless, free from guilt, guilt-free, guiltless, impeccable, incorrupt, inculpable, innocent, not responsible, sinless, unblemished, unimpeachable, uninvolved

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: plea of not guilty

NOT HONORABLE, adjective  conniving, conscienceless, corrupt, deceitful, deceiving, deceptive, delusive, delusory, discreditable, dishonorable, disingenuous, disreputable, faithless, fake, faked, false, false-hearted, falsified, fraudulent, guileful, immoral, iniquitous, insidious, insincere, lying, meretricious, misleading, nefarious, not fair, not honest, not just, not legitimate, not proper, not true, perfidious, shameless, shifty, spurious, surreptitious, treacherous, underhanded, unethical, unfaithful, unprincipled, unprofessional, unscrupulous, untrue, untrustworthy, untruthful, worthy of disbarment

NOT PERMITTED, adjective  banished, banned, barred, blocked, checked, curbed, debarred, denied, disallowed, disqualified, enjoined, excluded, forbid, foreclosed, halted, hampered, hindered, illegal, impeded, inhibited, interdicted, interfered, limited, negated, obstructed, omitted, opposed, ordered stopped, precluded, prevented, proscribed, quashed, quelled, refused, refused permission, regulated, rejected, repressed, repudiated, restrained, restricted, revoked, shut out, smothered, stayed, stopped, suppressed, suspended, thwarted, vetoed

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: motion practice, not permitted to disclose confidences, not permitted to many, punitive damages in private lawsuits

NOT PERTINENT, adjective alien, discordant, discrepant, dissonant, gratuitous, improper, inadmissible, inapplicable, inapposite, incongruent, incongruous, inconsistent, ineligible, inessential, inopportune, irrelevant, misapplied, misdirected, misplaced, not appropriate, not germane, not related, objectionable, undue, unfit, unfitting, unharmonious, unsuitable, unsuited

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: evidence presented that is not pertinent, information requested that is not pertinent, not pertinent trait or character, objections

NOT SUBSTANTIATED, adjective  baseless, controvertible, empty, flimsy, groundless, ill-conceived, ill-founded, inconclusive, insubstantial, not proven, poorly argued, unfounded, ungrounded, unproved, unsound, unsubstantial, unsupportable, unsupported, unsustainable, unverifiable, without a sound basis, without basis, without foundation

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: allegations not substantiated, arguments not substantiated, claims not substantiated, complaints not substantiated, motions not substantiated

NOT VALID, adjective  abrogated, baseless, canceled, fallacious, faulty, futile, having no force, inadequate, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inoperative, invalid, lacking authority, lacking force, lacking strength, not binding, nugatory, null, quashed, spurious, unauthentic, untenable, untrue, useless, vain, void, without legal basis, without legal efficacy, without legal justification

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: objections, patents, recordation in copyright office, validity of claims, wills

NOTABLE, adjective  above par, acclaimed, astonishing, atypical, awe-inspiring, awesome, celebrated, conspicuous, distinguished, eminent, exceptional, extraordinary, famed, famous, foremost, illustrious, important, impressive, leading, luminous, marked, memorable, momentous, momumental, newsworthy, notabilis, noted, noteworthy, outstanding, preeminent, prime, prominent, rare, remarkable, rememberable, renowned, salient, signal, significant, singular, special, striking, superior, talked of, top-rank, transcendent, unforgettable, worthy of notice, worthy of remark

NOTARIZE, verb  accord one’s approval, accredit, affirm, affix a legal signature, affix one’s signature to, approve, attach a legal signature, attest to, authenticate, authorize, bear witness, certify, confirm, confirm officially, evidence, legalize, make valid, pronounce legal, seal, set one’s hand and seal, sign, sign and seal, sign legally, subscribe, undersign, validate, witness

NOTARY PUBLIC, noun  attestor of documents, clerk of the court, commissioner of oaths, functionary, indorser, notary, official, recorder, register, registerer, registrar, scriba, scribe, scrivener, subscriber

NOTATION, noun  annotation, chronicle, comment, commentary, entry, footnote, inscription, marginalia, memorandum, minute, note, record, register

NOTE (Brief comment), noun  abstract, adnotatio, annotation, billet, brief, codicilli, comment, commentary, communication, dispatch, entry, epistula, exegesis, explanatory comment, explanatory remark, footnote, gloss, marginal annotation, memorandum, message, minute, missive, record, reminder, scholium, short letter, statement, word of explanation

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: note of issue

NOTE (Written promise to pay), noun  bond, check, debenture, draft, money order, negotiable instrument, negotiable paper, voucher

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: accommodation note, bank note, bearer notes, cognovit note, commercial paper, negotiable note, promissory note, treasury note

NOTE (Notice), verb  acknowledge, advert to, apperceive, appreciate, attend, be attentive, become aware, become conscious, cognize, direct attention to, discern, discover, fix attention on, give attention to, hearken to, heed, look at, make out, mark, mind, observe, pay attention to, pay heed to, perceive, realize, regard, see, take account of, take cognizance of, take notice, turn attention to, watch, witness

NOTE (Record), verb  adnotare, annotate, calendar, catalog, chronicle, commit to writing, docket, document, enregister, enter, jot down, keep accounts, log, make a memorandum, make an entry, mark, mark down, pen, put in writing, put on paper, put on record, scribe, set down, take down, write, write down

NOTED (Acknowledged), adjective  accepted, admitted, cleared, declared, disclosed, discovered, established, evident, exposed, familiar, identified, manifest, obvious, patently known, proclaimed, realized, recognized, revealed, well-known

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: as noted, briefly noted, judicial notice

NOTED (Well-known), adjective  acclaimed, applauded, celebrated, consequential, conspicuous, distinguished, eminent, exalted, extraordinary, famed, famous, foremost, great, honored, illustrious, important, known, leading, matchless, much touted, notable, noteworthy, notorious, outstanding, popular, preeminent, prominent, recognized, remarkable, reputable, singular, unexampled, unique, unparalleled, unprecedented

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: a noted authority

NOTEWORTHY, adjective  above par, amazing, anomalous, astonishing, astounding, atypical, bizarre, breathtaking, celebrated, choice, commanding, considerable, conspicuous, curious, different, distinctive, distinguished, egregious, eminent, especial, excellent, exceptional, extraordinary, extreme, famous, fantastic, foremost, idiosyncratic, illustrious, important, impressive, incredible, individual, individualistic, infrequent, leading, main, marked, material, memorable, momentous, monumental, newsworthy, notable, noticeable, novel, odd, original, out of the ordinary, outstanding, paramount, peculiar, peerless, pertinent, phenomenal, preeminent, principal, prodigious, prominent, queer, rare, remarkable, renowned, salient, signal, significant, singular, special, standing out, stirring, strange, surprising, telling, uncommon, uncustomary, unequaled, unfamiliar, unforgettable, unheard of, unimitated, unique, unparalleled, unprecedented, unusual, wonderful, wondrous, worthy of notice, worthy of remark

NOTHING (Void), noun  blank, clean slate, emptiness, empty feeling, empty space, inanity, nothingness, vacuity, vacuum

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: nothing but the truth, nothing to hide

NOTHING (Zero), noun  naught, nil, none, not one iota, nothing at all, nothing whatever

NOTICE (Announcement), noun  bulletin, circular, communication, communique, declaration, decree, denuntiatio, disclosure, dispatch, enlightenment, enunciation, flier, information, memorandum, mention, message, news, note, notification, presentation, proclamation, promulgatio, pronouncement, publicity, release, reminder, report, revelation, statement

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: legal notice, notice of appeal, notice of appearance, notice of claim, notice of motion, notice of protest, public notice

FOREIGN PHRASES: Notitia dicitur a noscendo; et notitia non debet claudicare.  Notice is named from a knowledge being had; and notice ought not to be imperfect.

NOTICE (Heed), noun  absorption, advertence, advertency, alertness, animadversio, attention, attentiveness, care, careful attention, carefulness, cautel, caution, cautiousness, circumspection, cognizance, consideration, discernment, engrossment, guard, heedfulness, mindfulness, notatio, observance, observation, recognition, regard, regardfulness, scrutiny, surveillance, thought, vigil, vigilance, wariness, watch, watchfulness

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: judicial notice

FOREIGN PHRASES: De minimis non curat lex.  The law is not concerned with trifling matters.

NOTICE (Warning), noun  admonishment, admonition, caution, caveat, commination, communication, counsel, dehortation, denuntiatio, forewarning, monition, premonishment, prenotification, ultimatum

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: absence of notice, actual notice, adequate notice, constructive notice, due notice, explicit notice, express notice, implied notice, imputed notice, notice of disallowance, notice to appear, notice to vacate, proper notice, reasonable notice, requisite notice, timely notice, verified notice, written notice

NOTICE (Give formal warning), verb  address a warning to, advise, apprise, communicate, convey knowledge to, denuntiatio, direct attention to, disclose, divulge, entrust with information, forewarn, formally advise, give fair warning, give information, give warning, impart knowledge of, impart to, inform, instruct, make a formal proclamation, make acquainted with, make an announcement, make known, make mention of, make public, notify, offer a word of caution, pass on information, promulgatio, publish, put on one’s guard, reveal, warn

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: notice a deposition, notice a hearing

NOTICE (Observe), verb  acknowledge, animadvertere, appreciate, ascertain, assess, attend to, be attentive, be conscious of, become aware of, become conscious of, behold, call attention to, cognize, comment, detect, discern, discover, distinguish, elucidate, examine closely, examine intently, give heed to, glance at, hear, heed, inspect, investigate, look, look at, mark, mention, notatio, note, observe, occupy oneself with, pass under review, pay attention, perceive, pore over, realize, recognize, regard, review, scrutinize, see, sight, spot, take cognizance, take into account, take into consideration, take stock of, view, watch, witness

NOTICE OF APPEARANCE, noun  announcement of the lawyer in a case, entrance by counsel in a case, formal notification of counsel’s presence, noted presence in court, notice of entry, notification of representation, notification of the entry of counsel to a case, official acknowledgment of counsel’s presence, official appearance by counsel, official statement of representation, statement of counsel’s appearance

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: attorney of record, court proceeding, notice of limited appearance

NOTIFICATION, noun  announcement, annunciation, aviso, bulletin, caution, communication, communiqué, declaration, denuntiatio, disclosure, dispatch, dissemination, divulgation, enlightenment, enunciation, evulgation, information, intelligence, intercommunication, knowledge, legal notice, mention, message, monition, news, notice, proclamation, promulgatio, promulgation, pronouncement, publicity, release, report, revelation, statement, transmission of knowledge, warning

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: due process, process of service, proper notification

NOTIFY, verb  acquaint, advertise, advise, alert, announce, annunciate, apprise, break the news, brief, bring word, call attention to, caution, communicate, confide, contact, convey, counsel, declare, disclose, disseminate, divulge, enlighten, enunciate, exhort, forewarn, give notice, give the facts, give to understand, give warning, herald, impart, indicate, inform, instruct, issue a proclamation, issue a pronouncement, let know, make an announcement, make known, make public, mention, post, proclaim, promote, promulgate, propagate, publicize, publish, recount, relate, remind, report, reveal, serve notice, signal, signify, state, tell, tip off, transmit, warn

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: notify a defendant of charges pending, notify of an action pending

NOTION, noun  abstraction, apprehension, belief, caprice, concept, conception, conviction, desire, estimation, fancy, feeling, humor, idea, impression, inclination, inkling, judgment, mental image, notio, opinion, sentiment, suggestion, supposition, suspicio, thought, understanding, vagary, view, whim

NOTORIETY, noun  attaint, bad report, bad reputation, bad repute, bruit, celebrity, censure, conspicuousness, dedecoration, degradation, denunciation, disapprobation, discredit, disesteem, disfavor, disgrace, dishonor, disparagement, disreputability, disreputableness, disrepute, disrespect, distinction, eclat, eminence, fama, fame, famousness, flagrancy, ignominy, ignomy, ill repute, imputation, indignity, infamia, infamousness, infamy, ingloriousness, loss of honor, loss of reputation, name, notability, notedness, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, popular repute, popularity, prominence, public notice, publicity, recognition, renown, reproach, reputation, repute, scandal, shame, significance, slur, stigma, stigmatization, taint, unrespectability

NOTORIOUS, adjective  arrant, blameworthy, celebrated, conspicuous, contemptible, degraded, deplorable, despised, discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, disrespectable, egregious, famed, famous, flagrant, generally known, glaring, held in contempt, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, inglorious, nobilis, noted, notus, odious, of ill fame, of ill repute, opprobrious, outcast, outrageous, prominent, publicized, renowned, scandalous, shameful, shameless, shocking, unfavorably known, unrespectable, unseemly, unworthy of respect, villainous, without repute

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: notorious easement, notorious possession, open and notorious use

NOTWITHSTANDING, preposition  all the same, although, despite, even, however, in any case, in any event, in spite of, nevertheless, none the less, still, yet

NOVATION, noun complete substitution, exchange, replacement, substitution

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: novation of a contract

NOVEL, adjective  alien, anomalous, bizarre, different, distinctive, eccentric, exceptional, extraordinary, foreign, fresh, innovative, inusitate, irregular, modern, neoteric, neoterical, new, newly come, nonconformist, novus, odd, original, peculiar, quaint, rare, recent, singular, strange, uncharacteristic, uncommon, unconventional, uncustomary, unfamiliar, unheard of, unique, unordinary, unorthodox, unprecedented, untested, untried, unused, unusual, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: novel question of law

NOVICE, noun  amateur, apprentice, aspirant, beginner, catechumen, disciple, entrant, fledgling, freshman, hopeful, inexperienced person, initiate, learner, neophyte, new arrival, newcomer, probationer, pupil, recruit, rookie, rudis, student, trainee, tyro, unskilled person, untrained individual

NOW AND FOREVER, adverb  evermore, for ever and ever, forever, forevermore

NOXIOUS, adjective  adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, brutal, causing danger, contaminated, corrupting, damaging, dangerous, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, disadvantageous, fatal, fraught with danger, harmful, hazardous, hurtful, impairing, injurious, insalubrious, internecine, jeopardous, lethal, malefic, malicious, malignant, menacing, mischievous, nocent, noisome, offensive, perilous, pernicious, pestiferous, pestilent, poisonous, precarious, risky, ruinous, scatheful, threatening, toxic, unfavorable, unhealthy, unsafe, unwholesome, vicious, virulent

NUANCE, noun  cast, degree, delicacy, difference, differentiation, discrimination, distinction, hidden meaning, implication, nicety, shade, shade of difference, shade of meaning, shadow, subtle difference, subtlety, suggestion, touch, variance

NUCLEUS, noun  apex, axis, base, capital, center, central, core, cornerstone, cynosure, epicenter, eye, focus, ground zero, heart, hub, locus, mecca, nerve center, nexus, nucleus, omphalos, seat, vortex

NUGATORY, adjective  fatuous, frivolous, frothy, futile, immaterial, inadequate, inane, inapt, incompetent, inconsequential, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inept, inoperative, insignificant, insubstantial, inutile, invalid, irrelevant, jejune, nugatorius, null, null and void, otiose, paltry, petty, purposeless, slight, superficial, trifling, trivial, unavailing, unfruitful, unimportant, unproductive, unprofitable, unserviceable, useless, vain, valueless, void, worthless

NUISANCE, noun  affliction, aggravation, annoyance, anxiety, bedevilment, bother, burden, cause of distress, devilment, difficult situation, difficulty, discomfort, displeasure, disturbance, grievance, handicap, harassment, hardship, hindrance, imposition, inconvenience, infliction, infringement, injurious interference, interference, intrusion, irritation, molestation, obstacle, ordeal, pain, pest, pestilence, plague, problem, scourge, trial, trouble, unlawful obstruction, unwarrantable intrusion, vexation, worry

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: abatement of a nuisance, attractive nuisance, common nuisance, continuing nuisance, nuisance at law, nuisance in fact, nuisance per se, public nuisance

FOREIGN PHRASES: Aedificare in tuo proprio solo non licet quod alteri noceat.  It is not lawful to build upon one’s own land what may injure another.

NUISANCE VALUE, noun  cost to resolve a frivolous action, disposal value, number to dispose of a frivolous case, number to get rid of a frivolous action, number to make a case go away, price to resolve a frivolous case, quick settlement amount for a frivolous case, value to dispose of a frivolous lawsuit, walking money

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: frivolous lawsuit

NULL (Insignificant), adjective  beneath notice, dispensable, disregarded, empty, expendable, immaterial, impuissant, inappreciable, inconsequential, inconsiderable, inessential, inferior, insubstantial, insufficient, irrelevant, meaningless, minor, negligible, nominal, nugatory, of no account, of no effect, of no moment, of no value, paltry, peripheral, petty, pointless, powerless, puny, secondary, small, superficial, tenuous, token, trifling, trivial, unavailing, unessential, unimportant, uninfluential, unmeaningful, unnecessary, unsubstantial, useless, valueless, without consequence, without meaning, without significance, without substance, worthless

NULL (Invalid), adjective  abolished, abrogated, annulled, canceled, dead, defeated, defunct, deleted, disannulled, disestablished, effectless, extinct, extinguished, forceless, gone, impotent, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inoperative, inritus, negated, no longer law, not valid, nugatory, nullified, obliterated, of no binding force, of no effect, of no validity, of no weight, omitted, overruled, powerless, quashed, repealed, rescinded, reversed, revoked, set aside, strengthless, superseded, suspended, unauthorized, unsanctioned, useless, vacated, valueless, void, withdrawn, without authority, without legal effect, without legal force, without potency, without value, worthless

NULL AND VOID, adjective  abolished, abrogated, annulled, canceled, defeated, defunct, disannulled, disestablished, effectless, extinct, extinguished, forceless, impotent, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inoperative, invalid, negated, no longer law, not valid, nugatory, nullified, obliterated, of no binding force, of no effect, of no legal weight, of no validity, omitted, overruled, quashed, repealed, rescinded, reversed, revoked, set aside, strengthless, superseded, suspended, unauthorized, unsanctioned, useless, vacated, valueless, void, withdrawn, without authority, without legal effect, without legal force, without potency, without value, worthless

NULLIFICATION, noun  abolishment, absolute contradiction, annulment, cancel, cancellation, canceling, contradiction, contrary assertion, contravention, countering, disaffirmation, disallowance, disavowal, disclaimer, disclamation, disproof, emphatic denial, flat denial, invalidation, recantation, refutation, renunciation, repeal, repudiation, rescinding, rescission, retraction, reversal, revocation, revoke, setting aside, striking down, suspension, voidance

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: antinullification, Constitution, state’s rights, ultimate sovereign

NULLIFY, verb  abolish, abrogate, ad inritum redigere, annul, cancel, cast aside, counteract, countermand, declare null and void, deprive of efficacy, deprive of legal force, disannul, dissolve, invalidate, make useless, make valueless, make void, negate, neutralize, obliterate, offset, outweigh, override, overrule, overturn, quash, recall, recant, render invalid, renege, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, suspend, vacate, vitiate, void

NULLITY, noun  blankness, inanitas, inefficacy, inexistence, insignificance, invalidity, naught, nihility, nonbeing, nonentity, nonexistence, nothing, nothingness, oblivion, vacuity, vanitas, void

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: decision to overrule decision

NUMBER, noun  account, accounting, aggregate, calculation, collection, complement, count, decimal, degree, estimate, exponent, figure, integer, integral, multitude, overall amount, overall quantity, quantity, score, sum, symbol, tally, total

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: gaming

NUMEROUS, adjective  abundance, ample, an excessive amount, bounteous, bountiful, copious, countless, ever so many, exhaustless, generous, lavish, liberal, many, much, multiple, myriad, not a few, overflowing, plentiful, plentious, plenty, rampant, too many

NUNC PRO TUNC, noun  acknowledged, operative with respect to the past, ratified, reaffirmed, reconfirmed, reendorsed, reestablished, retroactive effect, retrospective effect, revalidated

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: nunc pro tunc order

NUNCUPATIVE, adjective  articulated, conversational, conveyed orally, declared, dictated, enunciated, expressed in words, not written, oral, oral declaration, oral testimony, oratorical, parol, phonic, pronounced, spoken, stated, unwritten, uttered, verbal, vocal, voiced

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: nuncupative will

NUPTIAL, adjective  allied, betrothed, bridal, conjugal, connubial, coupled, espoused, genialis, marital, married, mated, matrimonial, nuptialis, united, wedded

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: antenuptial agreement

NUPTIAL AGREEMENTS, noun  contract regarding a marriage arrangement, contract regarding the bonds of matrimony, marriage agreement, marriage compact, marriage concordat, marriage understanding, marriage undertaking, matrimonial contract, pact, pledge, postnuptial agreement, prenuptial agreement, spousal agreement

ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS: domestic relations, family law, postnuptial agreements, prenuptial agreement

NURTURE, verb  advance, aid, assist, back, bolster, bring to maturity, bring up, care for, cherish, coach, cultivate, develop, direct, educate, encourage, enrich, feed, fortify, forward, foster, further, give aid, harbor, help, improve, instruct, invigorate, maintain, make provisions for, make strong, mold, nourish, nurse, nutrire, patronize, prepare, promote, provide for, rear, render better, render strong, sponsor, strengthen, succor, supply aid, support, sustain, teach, train, tutor, victual