What does it mean if a book only has a Nihil Obstat?

[StJoseph8]

I was looking at buying a book that contains a Nihil Obstat. However it does not have the accompanying Imprimatur. What does it mean if a book only has the Nihil Obstat?

 

[Augusta_Crowley]

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