Non obstante

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A clause in old English statutes and letters patent, importinga license from the crown to do a thing notwithstanding any statute tothe contrary. This dispensing power was abolished by the Bill ofRights.In this very reign [Henry III.] the practice of dispensing withstatutes by a non obstante was introduced. Hallam.Non obstante veredicto Etym: [LL.] (Law), a judgment sometimesentered by order of the court, for the plaintiff, notwithstanding averdict for the defendant. Stephen.