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‖ non est inventus Law.|nɒn ɛst ɪnˈvɛntəs|
[L. = ‘he was not found’.]
The answer made by the sheriff in the return of the writ when the defendant is not to be found in his bailiwick. In 16–17th c. often allusively.
Sometimes abbreviated non est invent. (See also non inventus, and non est.)
c1475Mankind 774 in Marco Plays 29 Ȝe must speke to þe schryne for a ‘cepe coppus’, Ellys ȝe must be fayn to retorn with ‘non est inventus’. 1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. K j, Sheriffes & officers wil returne writs with a tarde venit, or with a non est inuentus. 1590Greene Never too Late (1600) H 3 So long put he his hand into his purse, that at last the empty bottome returned him a writ of Non est inuentus. 1662[H. P. de Cressy] (title), A non est inventus return'd to Mr. Edward Bagshaw's Enquiry and vainly boasted discovery of weakness in the grounds of the Churches infallibility. 1688Shadwell Sqr. Alsatia i. Wks. 1720 IV. 20, I plead to all this matter Non est inventus upon the Pannel. 1712Arbuthnot John Bull ii. xvi, Esquire South's Quota for a Return of a Non est invent, and Nulla habet bona. 1780Chron. in Ann. Reg. 212/1 For having returned a warrant Non est inventus in an action..when in fact the defendent Henwood had been arrested. 1827De Quincey Murder Wks. 1854 IV. 50 He inquired after the unfortunate reporter..: the answer was..from the under-sheriff of our county—‘Non est inventus’. |