Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a judgment entered in favor of the defendant when the plaintiff has not continued his action (e.g., has not appeared in court);
[syn: non prosequitur, non pros]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Non pros \Non" pros.`\
An abbreviation of Non prosequitur.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
non pros
n 1: a judgment entered in favor of the defendant when the
plaintiff has not continued his action (e.g., has not
appeared in court) [syn: non prosequitur, non pros]