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naam, n. Hist. Law.|nɑːm|
Also nam.
[OE. naam, nám, a. ON. nám, Goth. -nêm (in andanêm), related by ablaut to the vb. niman to take, nim. Hence med.L. namium, namum. The ONF. namps, nampt, and med.L. namptum, namtum, nantum (see Du Cange), are prob. of Scand. origin.]
The act of taking another's goods by way of distraint; goods or chattels taken in this way. (Cf. withernam.)
a1035Laws Cnut in Thorpe I. 386 Be naame. Ne nime nan man nane name, ne innan scire ne ut of scire, ær man hæbbe þriwa on hundrede his rihtes ᵹebeden. a1087Laws William I in Du Cange s.v. Namium, Ne prenge hum Nam ni l'en Conté, ne defors, dici qu'il eit tres fois demanded dreit, el Undred, û el Conté. c1290Britton (1865) I. 173 Naam si est un general noun a avers et a chateus et a totes choses moebles qe hom put prendre en noun de destresce. 13..Horne Mirror of Justices (Selden) xxvi. 69 Une accioun mixte..qest appelle de naam. Ibid., Naam nest autre chose qe renable destresce.
1611Cotgr., Nampt, a distresse, a beast or mouable distrained;..a distraining (in which sence our common Lawyers vse Naam). 1641Termes de la Ley 208 Lawfull Naam is nothing else but a reasonable distresse. 1727–38Chambers Cycl. s.v. Namium, Prohibited Naam, is an unjust taking the cattle of another, or driving them to an unlawful place. 1785in Hist. York II. 43 At the County Court..shall be holden Pleas of Naam, that are called Replegiarum. 1837Penny Cycl. IX. 29/1 The modern distress is the ‘naam’, restricted to the taking of personal chattels. 1895Whittaker tr. Horne's Mirror of Justices (Selden) xxvi. 70 A mixed action..which is called an action of naam.
Hence naam v. [AF. naamer], to distrain, to make distraint.
1895Whittaker tr. Horne's Mirror of Justices (Selden) xxvi. 72 If any one be wrongfully naamed, you must distinguish whether this be done by those who are entitled to naam or by others. |