non-pros
See also: nonpros
English
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editEtymology
editShort for non prosequitur.
Verb
editnon-pros (third-person singular simple present non-prosses, present participle non-prossing, simple past and past participle non-prossed) (law)
- To decline or fail to prosecute; to allow (a lawsuit) to be dropped.
- To enter judgement against (a plaintiff who fails to prosecute).
Further reading
edit- “non-pros”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.