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Webster 1913 Edition


Non-pros

Nonˊ-pros′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Nonprossed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Non-prossing
.]
To decline or fail to prosecute; to allow to be dropped (said of a suit); to enter judgment against (a plaintiff who fails to prosecute);
as, the plaintiff was
non-prossed
.

Definition 2024


non-pros

non-pros

See also: nonpros

English

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Verb

non-pros (third-person singular simple present non-prosses, present participle non-prossing, simple past and past participle non-prossed)

  1. To decline or fail to prosecute; to allow (a lawsuit) to be dropped.
  2. To enter judgement against (a plaintiff who fails to prosecute).