nol-pros
transitive verb
-·prossed′, -·pros′singLaw 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 prosequinol 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)
- (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
