L. Fr. Nothing. It appears in a few law French phrases. Rien pulp. In old pleading. Not guilty. Rien dit. In old pleading. Says nothing, (nil dicit.)-Rien lny doit. In old pleading. Owes him nothing. The plea of nil debet. Riens en arrere.. Nothing in arrear. A plea in an action of debt for arrearages of account. Cowell. Riens lour denst. Not their debt. The old form of the plea of nU debet. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 332. Riens passa per le rait. Nothing passed by the deed. A plea by which a party might avoid the operation of a deed, which had been enrolled or acknowledged in court; the plea of non est factum not being allowed in such case. Riens per dlscent. Nothing by descent. The plea of an heir, where he is sued for his ancestor’s debt and has no land from him by descent, or assets in his hands. Cro. Car. 151; 1 Tidd, Pr. 645 ; 2 Tidd, Pr. 937.