Nihil dicit

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Nihil \Ni"hil\, n. [L.]
   Nothing.
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   {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.
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from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

NIHIL DICIT. He says nothing. It is the failing of the defendant to put in a 
plea or answer to the plaintiff's declaration by the day assigned; and in 
this case judgment is given against the defendant of course, as he says 
nothing why it should not. Vide 15 Vin. Ab. 556; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.

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