单词 | non inventus |
释义 | † non inventusphr.adj. Obsolete. A. phr. Law. = non est inventus phr.In quot. 1768 in abbreviated form non invent. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > absence > absent [phrase] non est inventus1590 non inventus1637 non est1832 1613 in M. C. Questier Newslett. Archpresbyterate G. Birkhead (1998) 263 He sent for some Cath. by warrant for to take the Oath, & some under Sherifes, returninge the Commission with Non inventi he put them in prison.] 1637 N. Whiting Le Hore di Recreatione 96 And if with non inventus we returne, Ile Venus witchcraft hate, and Cupid spurn. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 88 They [sc. commissioners] broke up with a Non-inventus. 1683 J. Crowne City Politiques (end matter) But still the Coroner Non inventus brought. 1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (Dublin ed.) III. xvi. 251 The Return of non invent. generally made upon Writs. 1770 S. Foote Lame Lover i. 19 If the sheriff return ‘non inventus’. 1844 J. C. Neal Peter Ploddy 107 Then a point blank non inventus, without the shadow of a palliation. 1870 O. Logan Before Footlights 119 He was astonished that there should be a ‘property man’, when the Sheriff's return of property was, ‘non inventus’! B. adj. colloquial. = non est adj. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > [adjective] > rendered void irrite1482 frustrate1497 void1526 irritate1600 null and void1651 annihilatory1676 non inventus1678 invalid1768 non avenu1787 non est1858 negated1876 1678 E. Ravenscroft Eng. Lawyer i. i. 3 He is Non Inventus, not to be found. 1880 J. Payn Confid. Agent xxiii It is rumoured that the assistant of a well-known jeweller..is non inventus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < phr.adj.1637 |
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