Non Liquet
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Lat. It is not clear. In the Roman courts, when any of the judges, after the hearing of a cause, were not satisfied that the case was made clear enough for them to pronounce a verdict, they were privileged to signily this opinion by casting a ballot inscribed with the letters “N. L.,” the abbreviated form of the phrase “nen diguet.” NON MERCHANDIZANDA VICTU-