Natal day, the day of a person's birth. The word nativity is chiefly used in speaking of the saints; as, the nativity of St John the Baptist, &c. But when we say the Nativity, it is understood of that of Jesus Christ, or the feast of Christmas.

Nativity, nativitas, in ancient law-books, signifies bondage or servitude.

astrology, the theme or figure of the heavens, and particularly of the twelve houses, at the moment when a person was born; called also the horoscope.

Calling the nativity, or by calculation seeking to know how long the queen should live, &c. was made felony, an. 23 Eliz. c. 2.

Nativo habendo, in law, a writ directed to the sheriff, for a lord who claimed inheritance in any villain, when a villain was run away from him, for the apprehending and restoring him to the lord.

Nativix, in natural history, a name given by some old writers to the nerita.

Natalia, the modern name of the Lesser Asia, being the most westerly part of Turkey in Asia, and consisting of a large peninsula, which extends from the river Euphrates as far as the Archipelago, the seas of Marmora, the straits of Galipoli and of Constantinople, which separate it from Europe on the west. It is bounded on the north by the Black sea, and on the south by the Mediterranean.