nemine contradicente
Americanadverb
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In plaintive voice, full of tears, he babbles o' Camperdown, green fields, nemine contradicente, and Standing Order No. XXI.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 22, 1890 by Various
He did not know there were physical laws and economic laws, quantities and reactions that all humanity voting nemine contradicente cannot vote away, and that are disobeyed only at the price of destruction.
From The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The Resolution was adopted by the House, nemine contradicente.
From Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences by George William Erskine Russell
When the latter vote was passed, our moderator, pointing at the dissenting individual with the finger of scorn, declared it to be a vote, nemine contradicente.
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall
At last Lord Londonderry chose to say the Contents had it and did not divide, so that the motion was negatived nemine contradicente.
From A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II by Edward Law, Earl of Ellenborough
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