Legal Dictionary - N

Negligence: Failure to use reasonable due care to avoid a foreseeable harm to a person, place, or thing.

No-fault proceedings: A civil case in which parties may resolve their dispute without a formal finding of error or fault.

Nonfeasance: Failure to perform an act which should be performed.

Non-jury trial: Proceedings before a judge without a jury.

Notary public: One who assumes the function of administering oaths and certifying documents.

Notice: Formal caution to a defendant in a civil case that the lawsuit has been filed; any form of notification of a legal proceeding.