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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Non obstante

Non obstante \Non` ob*stan"te\ (n[o^]n` [o^]b*st[a^]n"t[-e]).

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

  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.

    In this very reign [Henry III.] the practice of dispensing with statutes by a non obstante was introduced.
    --Hallam.

    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

n. (context legal English) A clause in old English statutes and letters patent, designating a licence from the crown to do a thing notwithstanding any laws to the contrary.