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Definitions for: Nihil [n] (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ); "nihil habet"
Webster (1913) Definition: Ni"hil, n. [L.]
Nothing.
Nihil album [L., white nothing] (Chem.), oxide of zinc. See
under Zinc.
Nihil debet [L., he owes nothing] (Law), the general issue
in certain actions of debt.
Nihil dicit [L., he says nothing] (Law), a declinature by
the defendant to plead or answer. --Tomlins.
See Also: aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip
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