nem. con.

See also: nem con

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nem. con. (not comparable)

  1. Abbreviated form of nemine contradicente.
    • 1787, James Madison, Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787:
      He hoped that such a system would be framed as might render this recourse unnecessary, and moved that the clause be postponed. This motion was agreed to nem. con.
    • 1845, Nicholas Harris Nicolas, The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson:
      The Vote of Thanks to Sir Hyde Parker was then put, and carried, nem. con.
    • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 467:
      On 14 January, the deputies voted, nem. con., the guilt of the king, and rejected by roughly a two-thirds majority the appel au peuple.

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