non est factum
English
Etymology
Latin, meaning "it is not (his) deed".
Phrase
non est factum
- (law) The plea of the general issue in an action of debt on bond.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for non est factum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)