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Nonsuit

Nonsuit [non est prosecutus, Lat.]. The judge orders a nonsuit when the plaintiff fails to make out a legal cause...

Non pros., abbrev. For non prosequitur (he [the plaintiff] does not pursue [his action]). Where the plaintiff failed to take...

Negligence, acting carelessly, a question of law or fact or of mixed fact and law, depending entirely upon the nature...

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Foreign Attachment, a custom which prevails in the city of London, whereby a debt owing to a defendant, sued in...

upon his oath, in his answer to a bill of complaint, filed by the opposite party, called a bill of discovery,

res ipsa loquitur Latin, the thing speaks for itself] : a doctrine or rule of evidence in tort law that...

claim and against whom the defendant may bring a third-party complaint 2 : a person who is not a party to

Mary Carter agreement [from Booth v. Mary Carter Paint Co., 202 So. 2d 8 (1967), Florida appeals court case that...

liability pl: -ties 1 : the quality or state of being liable 2 : something for which one is liable:...

civil case a lawsuit brought by a party (the plaintiff) against another party (the defendant) claiming that the defendant failed...

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