non est inventus
English
Etymology
Latin, he is not found.
Phrase
non est inventus
- (law) The response of a sheriff on a writ, when the defendant is not found in his county.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bouvier to this entry?)
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 inventus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)