non obstante

Non obstante \Non` ob*stan"te\ (n[o^]n` [o^]b*st[a^]n"t[-e]).
   [L.]
   1. Notwithstanding; in opposition to, or in spite of, what
      has been stated, or is to be stated or admitted.
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   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.
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            In this very reign [Henry III.] the practice of
            dispensing with statutes by a non obstante was
            introduced.                           --Hallam.
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   {Non obstante veredicto} [LL.] (Law), a judgment sometimes
      entered by order of the court, for the plaintiff,
      notwithstanding a verdict for the defendant. --Stephen.
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NON OBSTANTE, Eng. law. These words, which literally signify 
notwithstanding, are used to express the act of the English king, by which 
he dispenses with the law, that is, authorizes its violation. 
     2. He cannot by his license or dispensation make an offence 
dispunishable which is malum in se; but in certain matters which are mala 
prohibita, be may, to certain persons and on special occasions, grant a non 
obstante. 1 Th. Co. Litt. 76, n. 19; Vaugh. 330 to 359; Lev. 217; Sid. 6, 7; 
12 Co. 18; Bac. Ab. Prerogative, D. 7. Vide Judgment non obstante veredicto.