Lat. ‘Nothing. <A contracted form of “nihil,” which see. Nil debet. He owes nothing. The form of the general issue in all actions of debt on simple contract.—Nil habuwit tenemontis. He had nothing [no interest] in the tenements. A plea in debt on a lease indented, by which the defendant seta up that the person claiming to be landlord had no title or interest.—Nil lige atum. Nothing bound; that is, no obligation has been incurred. Tray. Lat. Max.