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noun
A clause in old English statutes and letters patent, designating a licence from the Crown to do a thing notwithstanding any laws to the contrary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: law
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prep
notwithstanding, regardless of, despite
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
Latin [Term?]
