Definition of "nonsuit" [non•suit]

• A judgment against a plaintiff for failure to prosecute the case or to introduce sufficient evidence. (noun)
• To render a judgment of nonsuit against (a plaintiff). (verb-transitive)

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• "Toler's reason for it was that he was too _constitutional_ to interfere with a jury, Be that as it may, a nonsuit was a nonentity, 'I hope, my Lord,' said counsel in a case actually commanding one, 'your Lordship will, for once, have the courage to nonsuit?"
• "The Sincan High Criminal Court has revoked the "nonsuit" decision of the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on the matter."
• "The Sincan High Criminal Court has revoked the "nonsuit" decision of the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on the criminal complaint about the phones of Ömer Faruk Eminağaoğlu being tapped."