Nihil

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nihil \Ni"hil\, n. [L.]
     Nothing.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Nihil album} [L., white nothing] (Chem.), oxide of zinc. See
        under {Zinc}.


  
     {Nihil debet} [L., he owes nothing] (Law), the general issue
        in certain actions of debt.
  
     {Nihil dicit} [L., he says nothing] (Law), a declinature by
        the defendant to plead or answer. --Tomlins.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nihil
       n : (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an
           unsuccessful effort to serve a writ); "nihil habet"