NONOBSERVANCE
Non`ob*serv"ance, n.
Defn: Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.
NON OBSTANTE
Non` ob*stan"te. Etym: [L.]
1. Notwithstanding; in opposition to, or in spite of, what has been stated, or is to be stated or admitted.
2. (Law)
Defn: A clause in old English statutes and letters patent, importing a license from the crown to do a thing notwithstanding any statute to the contrary. This dispensing power was abolished by the Bill of Rights. In this very reign [Henry III.] the practice of dispensing with statutes by a non obstante was introduced. Hallam. Non obstante veredicto Etym: [LL.] (Law), a judgment sometimes entered by order of the court, for the plaintiff, notwithstanding a verdict for the defendant. Stephen.
NONOIC
No*no"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, nonane; as, nonoic acid, which is also called pelargonic acid. Cf. Pelargonic.
NONONE Non"one, n. Etym: [Nonane + -one, suffix denoting the third degree of unsaturation.] (Chem.)
Defn: Any one of several metameric unsaturated hydrocarbons (C9H14) of the valylene series.