Nolle Prosequi - Law Dictionary Search Results
Nolle prosequi
Nolle prosequi (to be unwilling to prosecute) was a proceeding in the … now DISCNTINUANCE. The King by his Attorney-General may enter a nolle prosequi on an information or indictment: this does not operate as
nolle prosequi
nolle prosequi [Latin, to be unwilling to pursue] : an entry in
nol-pros
nol-pros nol-prossed nol-pros·sing vt : to discontinue by entering a nolle prosequi vi : to enter a nolle prosequi … by entering a nolle prosequi vi : to enter a nolle prosequi
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Retraxit
(he has withdrawn), a disused proceeding somewhat similar to a nolle prosequi, except that a retraxit was a bar to any future … to any future action for the same cause; whereas a nolle prosequi is not, unless made after judgment. See DISCONTINUANCE.
nolle
nolle : nolle prosequi nolle vt
non prosequitur
plaintiff for failure to appear to prosecute a suit compare nolle prosequi
Nol pros
An abbrev of Nolle prosequi
VerbarNon prosequitur
a suit where he does not appear to prosecute See Nolle prosequi
De melioribus damnis, judgment
taking judgment de melioribus damnis against one, and entering a nolle prosequi as to the others, 1 Chit. Arch. Prac., 12th Edn.
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