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Webster 1913 Edition
Nihil
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Ni′hil
,Noun.
[L.]
Nothing.
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.