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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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