NON FECIT VASTUM CONTRA PROHIBITIONEM

non fecit vastum contra prohibitionem (non fee-sit vas-t[schwa]m kahn-tr[ schwa] proh-[h][schwa]-bish-ee-oh-n[schwa]m). [Latin “he did not commit waste against the prohibition”] In an estrepement action, a tenant’s denial of any destruction to lands after an adverse judgment but before the sheriff has delivered possession of the lands to the plaintiff. See ESTREPEMENT.