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English
Etymology
From non- + suit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɒnsuːt/, /ˈnɒnsjuːt/
Noun
nonsuit (plural nonsuits)
- (law) A lawsuit that is dismissed as having been brought without cause, prior to an adjudication on the merits.
- (law) A neglect or failure by the plaintiff to follow up his suit; a renunciation or withdrawal of the cause by the plaintiff.
Verb
nonsuit (third-person singular simple present nonsuits, present participle nonsuiting, simple past and past participle nonsuited)
- (law, transitive) To dismiss (a suit or plaintiff) on the grounds of his or her lawsuit having been brought without cause, prior to an adjudication on the merits.
c. 1821, Zephaniah Swift, The Public Statute Laws of the State of Connecticut:he shall be nonsuited , and pay cost to the defendant
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