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Non obstante


Nonˊ ob-stan′te

(nŏnˊ ŏb-stăn′tē̍)
.
[L.]
1.
Notwithstanding; in opposition to, or in spite of, what has been stated, or is to be stated or admitted.
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.
In this very reign [Henry III.] the practice of dispensing with statutes by a
non obstante
was introduced.
Hallam.
Non obstante veredicto
[LL.]
(Law)
,
a judgment sometimes entered by order of the court, for the plaintiff,
notwithstanding a verdict
for the defendant.
Stephen.