(1) Nulla bona is a Latin legal term meaning "no goods" a sheriff writes this when he can find

d no property to seize to pay off a court judgment. Synonymous with return nulla bona, it denotes the return of a writ of execution signifying that the officer made a strict and diligent search but was unable to find any property of the defendant liable to seizure under the writ, whereof to make a levy. 30 Am J2d Exec 561. It may also be used as a plea by a garnishee, denying that he holds property of, or is indebted to, the defendant. The nulla bona is issued by the Master of High court if after the issue of a warrant of execution, the attched property of the debtor is found to be insufficient to suffice for the payment of creditors.

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Nulla Bona is a Latin term that means no goods. It is a form of return by a sheriff or constable upon an execution when the judgment debtor has no seizable property within the jurisdiction. In other words if a sheriff tries to enforce a writ of execution but can't find any property in the jurisdiction that can be seized to satisfy the judgment, the sheriff returns the writ nulla bona.

(2) Nullum Crimen Sine Lege, Nulla Poena Sine Lege is a Latin maxim that means "no crime or punishment without a law." There can be no crime committed, and no punishment meted out, without a violation of penal law as it existed at the time. This basic legal principle has been incorporated into international criminal law.