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non obstante - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'non obstante' (Webster Dictionary)

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