Search Result for "non_prosequitur":
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 prosequitur \Non" pro*seq"ui*tur\ [L. he does not prosecute.] (Law) A judgment entered against the plaintiff in a suit where he does not appear to prosecute. See Nolle prosequi. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

non prosequitur 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]