non prosequitur

(nän′ prō sek′wē tər)

Law a judgment entered against a plaintiff who fails to appear at the court proceedings or fails to do any other thing procedurally necessary

Origin: L, lit., he does not prosecute

See non prosequitur in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The judgment entered against a plaintiff who fails to appear in court to prosecute a suit.

Origin:

Origin: Late Latin nōn prosequitur, he does not prosecute

Origin: : Latin nōn, not

Origin: + prōsequitur

Origin: , third person sing. present tense of prōsequī, to prosecute

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