Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

non constat

[Latin "it is not settled"] It is not certain or agreed. ( The phrase is generally used to state that some conclusion does not necessarily follow although it might appear on its face to follow. Cf NON SEQUITUR. "Non Constat . . . . Words frequently used, particularly in argument, to express dissatisfaction with the conclusions of the other party: as, it was moved in arrest of judgment that the declaration was not good, because non constat whether AB was seventeen years of age when the action was commenced." 3 John Bouvier, Bouvier's Law Dictionary 2355 (8th ad. 1914).