nem. con.
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Etymology
Origin of nem. con.
Latin: no-one contradicting; unanimously
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It was so agreed; he moved them, they were agreed to nem. con. and a committee of correspondence appointed, of whom Peyton Randolph, the speaker, was chairman.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
We agreed, nem. con., that this was indeed Anglis ipsis Anglior.
From The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin by James F. (James Fullarton) Muirhead
Thro’out the Castle, every whipper-snapper Was canvassing the merits of this strapper: Most of the Men voted his size alarming; But all the Maids, nem. con. declare’d it charming!
From Broad Grins Comprising, With New Additional Tales in Verse, Those Formerly Publish'd Under the Title "My Night-Gown and Slippers." by George Colman
That clause having been carried nem. con., they were entitled to five minutes' chat, without prejudice.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
Of course everything ought to yield where a lady is concerned, and they all very properly agreed, nem. con., to Mr. B.'s request.
From The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 by Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe
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