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Ex Nihilo Nihil Fit

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

From nothing nothing comes. 13 Wend. (N. Y.) 178, 221; 18 Wend. (N. Y.) 257, 301.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Out of nothing nothing is made out.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

From nothing nothing comes. Jackson v. Waldron, 13 Wend. (N. Y.) 178, 221; Root v. Stuyvesant, 18 Wend. (N. Y.) 257, 301.