Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
drop prosecution of by entering a nolle prosequi in the court records;
- Example: "They nolle prossed the charge"[syn: nolle pros, nolle prosequi, nol.pros.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nol-pros \Nol`-pros"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. -prossed; p. pr. &
vb. n. -prossing.]
To discontinue by entering a nolle prosequi; to decline to
prosecute.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
nol.pros.
v 1: drop prosecution of by entering a nolle prosequi in the
court records; "They nolle prossed the charge" [syn: nolle
pros, nolle prosequi, nol.pros.]