nem. con.
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Etymology
Origin of nem. con.
Latin: no-one contradicting; unanimously
Example Sentences
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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)
This is carried nem. con.: and so, subsequently, we adjourn, not carried but walking, soberly and honestly, to bed.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 8, 1891 by Various
The Committee agreed nem. con. to the grant of a seaside holiday, and the Shalotten Shammos with a gratified feeling of importance waived his twopence halfpenny.
From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Zangwill, Israel
Article 15, as amended, was then agreed to, nem. con. pp. 1447-8.
From The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 by American Anti-Slavery Society
Nehemiah. n.e.i., non est inventus=Is not found. nem. con., nemime contradicente=No one contradicting. nem. diss., nemine dissentiente=No one dissenting.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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