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No; not. See No, a. Chaucer.

The general plea or denial in an action of assumpsit.

See Noncontent.

The plea of the general issue in an action of debt on bond.

The return of a sheriff on a writ, when the defendant is not found in his county. Bouvier.

It is not clear; -- a verdict given by a jury when a matter is to be deferred to another day of trial.

of Rights. In this very reign [Henry III.] the practice of dispensing with statutes by a non obstante was introduced. Hallam. Non obstante veredicto Etym: [LL.] (Law), a judgment sometimes entered by order of the court, for the plaintiff, notwithstanding a verdict for the defendant. Stephen.

A judgment entered against the plaintiff in a suit where he does not appear to prosecute. See Nolle prosequi.

An inference which does not follow from the premises.

A prefix used in the sense of not; un-; in-; as in nonattention, or non-attention, nonconformity, nonmetallic, nonsuit.

The union of being and relation as distinguished from, and contrasted with, the ego. See Ego.

Not Episcopal; not pertaining to the Episcopal church or system.

An omission or neglect to do something, esp. that which ought to have been done. Cf. Malfeasance.

t); to enter judgment against (a plaintiff who fails to prosecute); as, the plaintiff was non-prossed.

Want of ability.

A neglect or refusal to accept.

Destitute of acid properties; hence, basic; metallic; positive; -- said of certain atoms and radicals.

Want of acquaintance; the state of being unacquainted.

Refusal of acquiescence; failure to yield or comply.

Failure to be admitted.