nem. con.
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Etymology
Origin of nem. con.
Latin: no-one contradicting; unanimously
Example Sentences
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Carried nem. con. by all sorts and conditions of Creeds.
From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend
Yes, some further clearer understanding has come into their lives, and maybe Sally sees by now that the vote she passed nem. con. may be rescinded in the end.
From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend
To the important post of "watch-dog of the Treasury," he was, nem. con., the successor to the lamented Holman.
From Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective by Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing)
That it should be inserted somehow, was decided nem. con. in London.
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis
The three following resolutions were then proposed and carried nem. con.:
From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 by Hogarth, Georgina
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