calling the plaintiff

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calling the plaintiff - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  CALLING THE PLAINTIFF, practice. When a plaintiff perceives that he has not 
  given evidence to maintain his issue, and intends to become nonsuited, he 
  withdraws himself, when the cryer is ordered to call the plaintiff, and on 
  his failing to appear, he becomes nonsuited. 3 Bl. Com. 376.