Also known as: nul tiel record · no such
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A Latin phrase used in common-law pleading to deny the existence of a fact, document, or other matter alleged by the opposing party.
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Police arrest Noreen Nguyen after a traffic stop and immediately secure her in a patrol car. Officers then search the passenger compartment of her vehicle. At the suppression hearing, defense counsel enters a plea of nul tiel to deny the existence of any evidence of the offense of arrest inside the car. The court suppresses the fruits of the search because the arrestee was secured and no evidentiary basis supported the search.
Nyah Ndlovu sues Navarro Industries in one judicial district of a state with multiple districts. The corporation moves to dismiss for improper venue. In its responsive pleading, Navarro Industries enters a plea of nul tiel to deny the existence of sufficient contacts in that district to support personal jurisdiction if the district were a separate state. The court transfers the case after determining the corporation resides only in the district of its most significant contacts.
Nancy Nelson holds an estate in fee simple conditional and dies without issue. A remainderman claims the land under an executory interest. The opposing party files a plea of nul tiel to deny the existence of any specified issue or alternative executory interest. The court awards the property to the person entitled under the possibility of reverter.
Nigel Nelson is sued for negligence after a workplace injury. The plaintiff alleges violation of an administrative regulation. The defendant enters a plea of nul tiel to deny the existence of any applicable enactment, regulation, or judicial decision establishing the standard. The jury applies the reasonable-person standard to the facts of the case.
Navarro Industries is a nongovernmental corporate defendant in a federal criminal proceeding. The prosecution alleges the existence of a parent corporation owning more than ten percent of its stock. Navarro Industries files a statement containing a plea of nul tiel to deny the existence of any such parent or publicly held owner. The court accepts the filing as compliant with the disclosure rule.
Nikhil Narayan executes a will consisting of several sheets. After his death, a beneficiary challenges the document. The proponent enters a plea of nul tiel to deny the existence of any numbering on the sheets or signatures placed at the end. The court denies probate because the statutory formalities were not satisfied.
Nul tiel is a Law Latin phrase meaning no such. It is used to deny the existence of a fact, document, or other matter alleged by the opposing party.
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A nul tiel plea is raised to deny the existence of an alleged fact such as evidence in a vehicle, corporate contacts supporting venue, specified issue in a fee simple conditional, an applicable regulation, a parent corporation, or proper will execution formalities.
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A nul tiel plea places the burden on the party asserting the existence of the denied matter to come forward with proof.
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