RIEN

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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  RIEN. This is a French word which signifies nothing. It has generally this 
  meaning; as, rien in arrere; rien passe per le fait, nothing passes by the 
  deed; rien per descent, nothing by descent; it sometimes signifies not, as 
  rien culpable, not guilty. Doct. Plac. 435.