Definitions

nol-pros

 Play nol. pros.

transitive verb

-·prossed′, -·pros′sing
Law to abandon (all or part of a suit) by entering a nolle prosequi on the court records

Origin of nol-pros

from abbreviation, abbreviated of nolle prosequi


nol pros

transitive verb

Variant of nolle pros

nol. pros.

abbreviation

nolle prosequi

nol-pros

Verb

(third-person singular simple present nol-prosses, present participle nol-prossing, simple past and past participle nol-prossed)

  1. (law) To discontinue by entering a nolle prosequi; to decline to prosecute.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.


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