'Non obstante' definitions:

Definition of 'Non obstante'

From: GCIDE
  • Non obstante \Non` ob*stan"te\ (n[o^]n` [o^]b*st[a^]n"t[-e]). [L.]
  • 1. Notwithstanding; in opposition to, or in spite of, what has been stated, or is to be stated or admitted. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Law) A clause in old English statutes and letters patent, importing a license from the crown to do a thing notwithstanding any statute to the contrary. This dispensing power was abolished by the Bill of Rights. [1913 Webster]
  • In this very reign [Henry III.] the practice of dispensing with statutes by a non obstante was introduced. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
  • Non obstante veredicto [LL.] (Law), a judgment sometimes entered by order of the court, for the plaintiff, notwithstanding a verdict for the defendant. --Stephen. [1913 Webster]

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