Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The judgment entered against a plaintiff who has failed to pursue his or her lawsuit in a timely manner.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law, a common law judgment entered against the plaintiff when he does not prosecute his action.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Law) A judgment entered against the plaintiff in a suit where he does not appear to prosecute. See
nolle prosequi .
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- phrase law A
judgement entered against theplaintiff in asuit where he/she fails to appear toprosecute .
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- noun a judgment entered in favor of the defendant when the plaintiff has not continued his action (e.g., has not appeared in court)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Late Latin nōn prosequitur, he does not prosecute : Latin nōn, not + prōsequitur, third person sing. present tense of prōsequī, to prosecute.]
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Latin, meaning "he does not prosecute".
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