non liquet
non liquet 〈拉〉不清楚；不明确 该语源自罗马法。指法官在听审案件之后，认为事实不够清楚且不宜作出裁决，则在表决记录上以缩写形式「N.L.」注明该短语，将案件留待日后裁决。国际法上，该短句用于指因为解决争端的法律规则不明确而导致未作出裁决。在现代，通常不允许法庭作出此类关于「不明确」的声明。
NON LIQUET
non liquet
non liquet (non lI-kwet orli-kwet). [Latin “it is not clear”] 1. Civil law. The principle that a decision-maker may decline to decide a dispute on the ground that the matter is unclear. • Even British judges formerly sometimes said Non liquet and found for the defendant. 2. Int’l law. A tribunal’s nondecision resulting from the