NICHIL

nichil (nich-[schwa]l), n. [Old French nichil fr. Latin nihil “nothing”] Hist. English law. A debt owed to the Exchequer’s office but nihiled by sheriffs as nonleviable. • Once a year, an officer of the Clerk of Nichils enrolled these amounts and sent them to the treasurer’s remembrancer’s office from which process was issued for their […]