Non obstante

  1. Notwithstanding; in opposition to, or in spite of, what has been stated, or is to be stated or admitted.
  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.
  3. Non obstante veredicto (Law),
    a judgment sometimes entered by order of the court, for the plaintiff, notwithstanding a verdict for the defendant.