nonsuited

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nonsuited - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]