non est inventus

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non est inventus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Non est inventus \Non` est` in*ven"tus\ [L., he is not found.]
     (Law)
     The return of a sheriff on a writ, when the defendant is not
     found in his county. --Bouvier.
     [1913 Webster]

non est inventus - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  NON EST INVENTUS, practice. The sheriff's return to a writ requiring him to 
  arrest the person of the defendant, which signifies that he is not to be 
  found within his jurisdiction. The return is usually abbreviated N. E. I. 
  Chit. Pr. Index, L. t.