nemine contradicente
Americanadverb
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Also "RESOLVED, nemine contradicente, that the King's Majesty be desired to make his speedy return to his Parliament and to the exercise of his Kingly Office."
From The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 by Masson, David
The Resolution was adopted by the House, nemine contradicente.
From Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences by Russell, George William Erskine
It was hardly submitted, before it was carried nemine contradicente; and immediately afterwards, Thompson buttoned his coat in disgust, and was hooted out of the assembly.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 by Various
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 Hall, Benjamin Homer
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 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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