'Nihil' definitions:
Definition of 'nihil'
(from WordNet)
noun
(Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ); "nihil habet"
Definition of 'Nihil'
From: GCIDE
- Nihil \Ni"hil\, n. [L.] Nothing. [1913 Webster]
- Nihil album [L., white nothing] (Chem.), oxide of zinc. See under Zinc.
- Nihil debet [L., he owes nothing] (Law), the general issue in certain actions of debt.
- Nihil dicit [L., he says nothing] (Law), a declinature by the defendant to plead or answer. --Tomlins. [1913 Webster]