non-pros
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See also: nonpros
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Short for non prosequitur.
Verb[edit]
non-pros (third-person singular simple present non-prosses, present participle non-prossing, simple past and past participle non-prossed)
- To decline or fail to prosecute; to allow (a lawsuit) to be dropped.
- To enter judgement against (a plaintiff who fails to prosecute).
Further reading[edit]
- “non-pros”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.