nemine contradicente

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The Resolution was adopted by the House, nemine contradicente.

From Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences by Russell, George William Erskine

A council of war was then held, and it was resolved, nemine contradicente, to fight.

From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I. by Thomson, Mrs.

The motion was seconded by Sir Robert Walpole, and as the formal record puts it, "voted nemine contradicente."

From A History of the Four Georges, Volume I by McCarthy, Justin

There was nothing to say against a proposition so plausible, and it was accepted nemine contradicente, with the exception of a few in the minority.

From The Monikins by Cooper, James Fenimore

Sir Henry also moved in the committee and the motion was carried nemine contradicente, that from the important part Mr. Wills had taken, the expedition should be called, "The Burke and Wills exploring Expedition."

From Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia by Wills, William John