Definition of Nonprossing

1. nonpros [v] - See also: nonpros

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonprossing

nonproposal
nonpropositional
nonproprietary
nonproprietary name
nonproprioceptive
nonpropulsion
nonpros
nonprosecutable
nonprosecuted
nonprosecution
nonprosecutive
nonprosecutorial
nonprosodic
nonprossed
nonprosses
nonprossing (current term)
nonprostatic
nonprosthetic
nonprotagonist
nonprotagonists
nonprotected
nonprotectionist
nonprotectionists
nonprotective
nonprotein
nonprotein nitrogen
nonproteinic
nonproteinogenic

Literary usage of Nonprossing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annotated Cases, American and English by H Noyes Greene, William Mark McKinney, David Shephard Garland (1916)
"St. 272, it was held that the nonprossing of a writ of error for the reason that the bail did not justify on exception te their ..."

2. Archbold's Practice of the Court of Queen's Bench in Personal Actions and by Thomas Chitty, John Frederick Archbold (1847)
"As to nonprossing the plaintiff in ejectment, see ante, 944. It may be observed, that a judgment of ..."

3. A New Abridgment of the Law by Matthew Bacon (1832)
"98. within two terms (a), or upon nonprossing the plaintiff, or if he pi. 5. and the surrender himself in discharge of his bail, and is not charged ?ah4 & 5 ..."

4. A Digest of the Cases Decided and Reported in the Supreme Court of by William Johnson, New York (State). Supreme Court (1837)
"... joinder in error, and amendment; (c) Error on a bill of exceptions. (a) nonprossing a writ aferrar. 35. The defendant in error cannot ..."

5. The Records of the Society of Gentlemen Practisers in the Courts of Law and by Incorporated Law Society (Great Britain) (1897)
"... returnable in the Courts of King's Bench or Exchequer Chamber, or on the nonprossing of any Writ of Error, the proper officer appointed to tax the costs ..."

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