‖Non′ ob‐stan″te (nŏn′ ŏb‐stăn″tē̍). 1. Notwithstanding; in opposition to, or in spite of, what has been stated, or is to be stated or admitted.
2. (Law) A clause in old English statutes and letters patent, importing a license from the crown to do a thing notwithstanding any statute to the contrary. This dispensing power was abolished by the Bill of Rights.
In this very reign the practice of dispensing with statutes by a non obstante was introduced. Hallam.
‖Non obstante veredicto(Law), a judgment sometimes entered by order of the court, for the plaintiff, notwithstanding a verdict for the defendant. Stephen.