non-placet

’ To this day every country clergyman who comes up to Cambridge to record his non-placet, does so by virtue of his capacity to teach what he learned here—in theory, that is.

I. Introductory 1920

It was he who, on the eve of the final vote, advised the minority to vote neither placet nor non-placet, but to abstain and withdraw.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

It is true that an attempt was made to non-placet Mr. Everett's honorary degree in the Oxford Theatre in

Biographical Study of A W Kinglake Tuckwell, Rev W 1902

It is true that an attempt was made to non-placet Mr. Everett's honorary degree in the

Biographical Study of A.W. Kinglake William Tuckwell 1874

_non-placet, _ does so by virtue of his capacity to teach what he learned here -- in theory, that is.

On The Art of Reading Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

- C. (574) The contest was between Lords Hardwicke and Sandwich; but according to University forms, the poll was taken on the first name; there appeared among the Blackhoods for Lord Hardwicke, placet 103; non-placet 101: among the Whitehoods, the proctors 'accounts differed; one made placet 108, non-placet 107; the other made placet 107, non-placet 101: on this a scrutiny was demanded, and refused, and a great confusion ensuing, the Vice-Chancellor adjourned the senate sine die.

The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3 Horace Walpole 1757

Instead of aye and no they had _placet_ and _non-placet_, and in place of a member dividing the House, the question was, "_Petitne aliquis scrutinium?

The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 John Morley 1880