Category:Non obstante

Non` ob*stan"te. Etym: [l.]

1. Notwithstanding; in opposition to, or in spite of, what has been Stated, or is to be stated or admitted.

2. (law)

Defn: 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 obstante veredicto etym: [ll.] (law), a judgment sometimes Entered by order of the court, for the plaintiff, notwithstanding a Verdict for the defendant. Stephen.