Non obstante /(nŏn` ŏb*stăn"tē̇)/

Non· ob·stan·te

Non obstante
  1. Notwithstanding; in opposition to, or in spite of, what has been stated, or is to be stated or admitted.
  2. 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. (Law)
    In this very reign [Henry III.] the practice of dispensing with statutes by a non obstante was introduced.

Phrases & Compounds
Non obstante veredicto
a judgment sometimes entered by order of the court, for the plaintiff, notwithstanding a verdict for the defendant.