Legal Definitions - nil ligatum

Nil ligatum

Nil ligatum is a Latin phrase that means "nothing is bound." It indicates that no obligation has been incurred.

• When the contract was terminated, the parties agreed that there was nil ligatum between them.
• The court ruled that the defendant had not breached the contract, and therefore there was nil ligatum.

These examples show situations where there was no obligation or responsibility between the parties involved. In the first example, the termination of the contract meant that neither party had any further obligations to each other. In the second example, the court found that the defendant had not violated the terms of the contract, so there was no obligation to be fulfilled.