Non obstante (n&obreve_;n &obreve_;bstănt&euptack_;). [L.] 1. Notwithstanding; in opposition to, or in spite of, what has been stated, or is to be stated or admitted.[1913 Webster]
2. (Law) A clause in old English statutes and letters patent, importing a license from the crown to do a thing notwithstanding any statute to the contrary. This dispensing power was abolished by the Bill of Rights.[1913 Webster]
In this very reign [Henry III.] the practice of dispensing with statutes by a non obstante was introduced.
Non obstante veredicto [LL.] (Law), a judgment sometimes entered by order of the court, for the plaintiff, notwithstanding a verdict for the defendant. Stephen.[1913 Webster]