demine
Americanverb (used with object)
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It has passed lords and commons, nemine contradicente; and the whole town, men, women, and children, are quite full of it.
From Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) by Wragg, H.
The motion was seconded by Sir Robert Walpole, and as the formal record puts it, "voted nemine contradicente."
From A History of the Four Georges, Volume I by McCarthy, Justin
"The constitutio de fide has been adopted by the Ecumenical Council, nemine contradicente."
From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 07, May 14, 1870 by Various
Our leading congregations here agree To vote for this arrangement, nemine Contradicente.
From The Battle of the Bays by Seaman, Owen, Sir
This address was moved in an hot, a divided, a factious, and, in a great part, disaffected House of Commons; and it was carried, nemine contradicente.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
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