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non est
[ non est ]
noun
- the returning of a sheriff's writ when the person to be arrested or served with it cannot be found in the sheriff's jurisdiction.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of non est1
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Example Sentences
As the Latin maxim puts it: De gustibus non est disputandum.
Fecit dextera Di virtutem: non est mortuus, sed vixit; & nunc incolumis narrat opera Di.
Lex non est decretum mere disciplinare: e natura ipsa contractus matrimonialis desumitur.
De gustibus non est applies with as much force to religious as to secular life.
I also concur with Madame de Stal in thinking the book dull: "Non est jocus esse malignum."
Is Est and non est received in faith as well as in miracles, and is it inseparable in the others?
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