nihil

(ˈnaɪhɪl; ˈniːhɪl) nnil; nothing

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Noun

nihil - (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ); "nihil habet"Latin - any dialect of the language of ancient Romegoose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo, aught, cypher, cipher - a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"

Nihil

[Latin, Nothing.] The abbreviated designation of a statement filed by a sheriff or constable with a court describing his or her unsuccessful attempts to serve a writ, notice, or process upon the designated person.

The complete phrase nihil est refers to a failure to serve any writ while the term nihil habet describes the failure to serve a writ Scire Facias or another writ.

The term nil is a contracted form of nihil.

nihil

(ni [as in it]-hill) n. Latin for nothing.

nihil

noun

Words related to nihil

noun (Latin) nil

Related Words

Latin
goose egg
nada
naught
nil
nix
nothing
null
zero
zilch
zip
zippo
aught
cypher
cipher

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