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.)
| a 1035 Laws 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. a 1087 Laws 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. c 1290 Britton (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. |
| 1611 Cotgr., Nampt, a distresse, a beast or mouable distrained;..a distraining (in which sence our common Lawyers vse Naam). 1641 Termes de la Ley 208 Lawfull Naam is nothing else but a reasonable distresse. 1727–38 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Namium, Prohibited Naam, is an unjust taking the cattle of another, or driving them to an unlawful place. 1785 in Hist. York II. 43 At the County Court..shall be holden Pleas of Naam, that are called Replegiarum. 1837 Penny Cycl. IX. 29/1 The modern distress is the ‘naam’, restricted to the taking of personal chattels. 1895 Whittaker 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.
| 1895 Whittaker 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. |