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Webster 1913 Edition


Nihil

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Ni′hil

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Noun.
[L.]
Nothing.
Nihil album
[L., white nothing]
(Chem.)
,
oxide of zinc.
See under
Zinc
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Nihil debet
[L., he owes nothing]
(Law)
,
the general issue in certain actions of debt.
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Nihil dicit
[L., he says nothing]
(Law)
,
a declinature by the defendant to plead or answer.
Tomlins.