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non ob·stan·te ve·re·dic·to [-nÄ n-əb-stan-tē-ver-ə-dik-tō, -nȯn-ȯb-stÄ n-tā-vā-rā-dēk-tō] pl: judgments non obstante veredicto [non obstante veredicto, from Medieval Latin, notwithstanding the verdict] : judgment notwithstanding the verdict in this entry judgment not·with·stand·ing the verdict : a judgment that

Executor

to himself, before he pays any other creditor in equal degree, and he may retain his own debt notwithstanding a decree has been made for administration of the estate and notwithstanding the assets out of which he

Park

personal estate to be applied in or towards the purchase of land for such purposes, shall be valid, notwithstanding the Statutes of Mortmain; and see OPEN SPACES. Park, includes not only surface of earth but everything under

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Rape

to gratify his passions upon her person, but that he intended to do so at all events, and notwithstanding any resistance on her part. Indecent assaults are often magnified into attempts at rape. In order to come

Quiet enjoyment

by a person conveying and expressed to convey 'as beneficial owner.' The section is to the effect that notwithstanding anything by the person who so conveys or any one through whom he derives title otherwise than by

Power

a valid execution of a power of appointment by deed or by any instrument in writing not testamentary, notwithstanding it shall have been expressly required that a deed or instrument in writing made in exercise of such

Petition of Right

Soit droit fait comme est desir''Let right be done as it is desired' (3 Car. 1, c. 1). Notwithstanding this, however, the ministers of the Crown caused the petition to be printed and circulated with the first

Perpetuity

any event subsequently to its creation. When a limitation might have included objects too remote it is invalid, notwithstanding the objects may actually be ascertained within the verge of the rule. Further, limitations following upon a limitation

Pawn or Pledge

a mere pledge, as the pledgor has never parted with the general title, he may, at law, redeem, notwithstanding he has not strictly complied with the condition of his contract. If, when the pledgor applies to redeem,

Passive trust

equitable interests were after the statute revived under the form of trusts. as such, they continued to flourish, notwithstanding the singular amelioration effected at a later period in the law of tenure, because the legal ownership was

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