NOMINATIVUS PENDENS

nominativus pendens

nominativus pendens (nahm-[schwa]-n[schwa]-tI-v[schwa]s pen-denz), n. [Latin “nominative hanging”] In a sentence, a nominative phrase that is not grammatically connected with the rest of the sentence. — Also termed nominative absolute. “Nominativus pendens …. The opening words in the form of a deed inter partes (‘This deed,’ etc., down to ‘whereas’), though an intelligible and convenient

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