nonsuit

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nonsuit - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Nonsuit \Non"suit`\, n. (Law)
     A neglect or failure by the plaintiff to follow up his suit;
     a stopping of the suit; a renunciation or withdrawal of the
     cause by the plaintiff, either because he is satisfied that
     he can not support it, or upon the judge's expressing his
     opinion. A compulsory nonsuit is a nonsuit ordered by the
     court on the ground that the plaintiff on his own showing has
     not made out his case.
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  Nonsuit \Non"suit`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nonsuited; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Nonsuiting.] (Law)
     To determine, adjudge, or record (a plaintiff) as having
     dropped his suit, upon his withdrawal or failure to follow it
     up. "When two are joined in a writ, and one is nonsuited."
     --Z. Swift.
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  Nonsuit \Non"suit`\, a.
     Nonsuited. --D. A. Tyng.
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