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Non-pros
Pronunciation : Non`-pros"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To decline or fail to prosecute; to allow to be dropped (said of a suit); to enter judgment against (a plaintiff who fails to prosecute); as, the plaintiff was non-prossed.
t. [imp. & p. p. Nonprossed; p. pr. & vb. n. Non- prossing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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