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NON-CAPE

Volume 3 · 86 words · 1771 Edition

in geography, a promontory on the west coast of Africa, opposite to the Canary islands.

NON-ENTRY, in Scots law. See LAW, Tit. xii. 5.

NON-NATURALS, in medicine, so called because by their abuse they become the causes of diseases.

Physicians have divided the non-naturals into six classes, viz. the air, meats and drinks, sleep and watching, motion and rest, the passions of the mind, the retentions and excretions.

Non-suit, signifies the dropping of a suit or action; or a renouncing thereof by the plaintiff or defendant.