Non Omittas
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A clause usually inserled in writs of execution, in England, directing the sheriff “not to omit” to execute the writ by reason of any liberty, because there are many liberties or districts in which the sheriff has no power to execute process unless be has special authority. 2 Steph. Comm. 630. Won omne damnum inducit injuriam. It is not every loss that produces an injury. Braet. fol. 456. is honorable. Dig. 50,17, 144; 4 Johns. Ch. 121. Won cmnium ques a majoribus nostris constituta sunt ratio reddi potest. There eannot be given a reason for all the things which have been established by our ancestors. Branch, Prine.; 4 Coke, 78; Broom, Max. 157.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
English practice, is the name of a writ directed to the sheriff; where the bailiff of a liberty or franchise, who has the return of writs, neglects or refuses to serve a process, this writ issues commanding the sheriff to enter into the franchise and execute the process himself, or by his officer, non omittas propter aliquam libertatem. For the despatch of business a non omittas is commonly directed in the first instance. 3 Chit. Pr. 190, 310.