Webster's Dictionary, 1913
Non est factum [ Law Latin it is not (his) deed.] (Law) The plea of the general issue in an action of debt on bond.
Non est inventus [ Latin , he is not found.] (Law) The return of a sheriff on a writ, when the defendant is not found in his county. Bouvier.
Non liquet [ Latin ] It is not clear; -- a verdict given by a jury when a matter is to be deferred to another day of trial.
Non obstante [ Latin ]
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 prosequitur [ Latin he does not prosecute.]
(Law) A judgment entered against the plaintiff in a suit where he does not appear to prosecute. See Nolle prosequi .
Non sequitur [ Latin , it does not follow.] (Logic) An inference which does not follow from the premises.
Nonability noun
1. Want of ability. 2. (Law) An exception taken against a plaintiff in a cause, when he is unable legally to commence a suit.
Nonacceptance noun A neglect or refusal to accept.
Nonacid adjective (Chemistry) Destitute of acid properties; hence, basic; metallic; positive; -- said of certain atoms and radicals.
Nonacquaintance noun Want of acquaintance; the state of being unacquainted.
Nonacquiescence noun Refusal of acquiescence; failure to yield or comply.
Nonadmission noun Failure to be admitted.
Nonadult adjective Not adult; immature.
Nonaërobiotic adjective (Biol.) Capable of living without atmospheric oxygen; anaërobiotic.
Nonage noun [ Late Latin nonagium , from Latin nonus ninth, novem nine.] (Eccl.) The ninth part of movable goods, formerly payable to the clergy on the death of persons in their parishes. Mozley & W.
Nonage noun [ Prefix
non- +
age .]
Time of life before a person becomes of age; legal immaturity; minority. The human mind . . . was still in its nonage .
Coleridge.
Nonaged adjective Having the quality of nonage; being a minor; immature. W. Browne.
Nonagenarian noun [ Latin nonagenarius containing, or consisting of, ninety, from nonageni ninety each; akin to novem nine.] A person ninety years old.
Nonagesimal adjective [ Latin
nonagesimus the ninetieth. See
Nonagenarian .]
(Astron.) Of or pertaining to the ninetieth degree or to a nonagesimal.
Nonagesimal noun (Astron.) The middle or highest point of the part of the ecliptic which is at any given moment above the horizon. It is the ninetieth degree of the ecliptic, reckoned from the points in which it is intersected by the horizon.
Nonagon noun [ Latin nonus ninth + Greek ... angle.] (Math.) A figure or polygon having nine sides and nine angles.
Nonagrian noun [ Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoology) Any moth of the genus Nonagria and allied genera, as the spindleworm and stalk borer.
Nonalienation noun Failure to alienate; also, the state of not being alienated.
Nonane noun [ Latin nonus ninth.] (Chemistry) One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons C 9 H 20 of the paraffin series; -- so called because of the nine carbon atoms in the molecule. Normal nonane is a colorless volatile liquid, an ingredient of ordinary kerosene.
Nonappearance noun Default of appearance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear.
Nonappointment noun Neglect of making appointment; failure to receive an appointment.
Nonarrival noun Failure to arrive.
Nonattendance noun A failure to attend; omission of attendance; nonappearance.
Nonattention noun Inattention.
Nonbituminous adjective Containing no bitumen; not bituminous.
Nonce (nŏns)
noun [ For the
nonce , Middle English for the
nones , a corruption of for then
ones , where
noun in
then is a relic of Anglo-Saxon
m in
ðam , dat. of the article and demonstrative pronoun, English
the . See
For ,
Once , and
The .]
The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; -- chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce . The miller was a stout carl for the nones .
Chaucer. And that he calls for drink, I 'll have prepared him
A chalice for the nonce .
Shak. Nonce word ,
"a word apparently employed only for the nonce ". Murray (New English Dict.).
Nonchalance noun [ French See
Nonchalant .]
Indifference; carelessness; coolness.
Nonchalant adjective [ French, from
non not (L.
non ) +
chaloir to concern one's self for, from Latin
calere to be warm, to be inflamed with desire, to be troubled. See
Non- , and
Caldron .]
Indifferent; careless; cool.
Nonchalantly adverb In a nonchalant, indifferent, or careless manner; coolly.
Nonclaim noun A failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim.
Noncohesion noun Want of cohesion.
Noncoincidence noun Lack of coincidence.
Noncoincident adjective Not coincident.
Noncombatant noun (Mil.) Any person connected with an army, or within the lines of an army, who does not make it his business to fight, as any one of the medical officers and their assistants, chaplains, and others; also, any of the citizens of a place occupied by an army; also, any one holding a similar position with respect to the navy.
Noncommissioned adjective Not having a commission.
Noncommissioned officer (Mil.) , a subordinate officer not appointed by a commission from the chief executive or supreme authority of the State; but by the Secretary of War or by the commanding officer of the regiment.
Noncommittal noun A state of not being committed or pledged; forbearance or refusal to commit one's self. Also used adjectively.
Noncommunion noun Neglect or failure of communion.
Noncompletion noun Lack of completion; failure to complete.
Noncompliance noun Neglect of compliance; failure to comply.
Noncomplying adjective Neglecting or refusing to comply.
Nonconcluding adjective Not concluding.
Nonconcur intransitive verb To dissent or refuse to concur.
Nonconcurrence noun Refusal to concur.
