nihil : Idioms & Phrases


Nihil album

  • L., white nothing (Chem.), oxide of zinc. See under Zinc.
Webster 1913

Nihil debet

  • L., he owes nothing (Law), the general issue in certain actions of debt.
Webster 1913

Nihil dicit

  • L., he says nothing (Law), a declinature by the defendant to plead or answer.
Webster 1913

nihil obstat

  • noun the phrase used by the official censor of the Roman Catholic Church to say that a publication has been examined and contains nothing offensive to the church
  • noun authoritative approval
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