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non obst.

non obst. is the abbreviation of non obstante.

Meaning of non obstante

Noun

non obstante (plural non obstantes)

  1. (historical) 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.

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Questions about non obst.

What is non obst. the abbreviation of?
Non obst. is the abbreviation of non obstante.

Words near non obst. in the dictionary

  1. non est inventus
  2. non liquent
  3. non liquet
  4. non liquets
  5. non metallic metal
  6. non obst.
  7. non obstante
  8. non obstantes
  9. non partant
  10. non partants
  11. non placet

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Adapted from Wiktionary: non obst. (page history and authors); non obstante (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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