Bible Dictionaries
Nonsuit

Webster's Dictionary

Search for…

Enter query below:

or

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Prev Entry
Nonsuch

Next Entry
Nonsuited

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

Additional Links

Dictionaries
Webster Dictionary
• Nonsuiting
• Nonsuited
• Nonsuit
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Nonsuit

(1):

(n.) 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.

(2):

(a.) Nonsuited.

(3):

(v. t.) To determine, adjudge, or record (a plaintiff) as having dropped his suit, upon his withdrawal or failure to follow it up.