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Non sequitur

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

It does not follow.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat It does not follow.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Lat. Tt does not follow. Non solent que abundant Vitiare seripturas. Superfluities [things which abound] do not usually vitiate writings. Dig. 50, 17, 94. Won solum quid licet, sed quid est conveniens, est considerandum; quia nihil quod est inconveniens est licitum. Not only what is lawful, but what is proper or convenient, is to be cansidered; because nothing that is inconvenient is lawful. Co Litt. 66a, NON SOLVENDO PECUNIAM AD QUAM CLERICUS MULCTATUR PRO