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Nonsuit   Listen
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Nonsuit  v. t.  (past & past part. nonsuited; pres. part. nonsuiting)  (Law) To determine, adjudge, or record (a plaintiff) as having dropped his suit, upon his withdrawal or failure to follow it up. "When two are joined in a writ, and one is nonsuited."






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"Nonsuit" Quotes from Famous Books



... in their favor, when young Egerton, who had been taking notes of the trial, rose as amicus curiae, and argued, "This money, by the contract, was to be returned to three, but two only sue;—where is the third? let him appear with the others; till then the money cannot be demanded from her." Nonsuit for the plaintiffs—for the young student a ...
— A Book About Lawyers • John Cordy Jeaffreson



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