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Definition of Non pros
1. Noun. A judgment entered in favor of the defendant when the plaintiff has not continued his action (e.g., has not appeared in court).
Generic synonyms: Judgement, Judgment, Judicial Decision
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Lexicographical Neighbors of Non Pros
Literary usage of Non pros
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Richard Vaughan Barnewall, Cresswell Cresswell (1826)
"It would be very inconvenient if a judgment of non-pros could not be partially
signed. ... The judgment of non-pros can only be signed to that ..."
2. An Analytical Digest of the Law and Practice of the Courts of Common Law by Ephraim Arnold Jacob, Samuel Bealey Harrison, Robert Alexander Fisher (1884)
"Tlie court held, that the irregular appearance might have been corrected in the
book, and set aside the judgment of non pros., tlie costs to be costs in the ..."
3. The Practice of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, in Personal by William Tidd, Francis Joseph Troubat, Asa Israel Fish, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1856)
"... non pros, continued. judgment of, continued. pone, or recordari, &c. 418.
for not declaring, 162, 458, &c. on removal by certiorari, ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators by Edward Vaughan Williams, Walter Vere Vaughan Williams (1877)
"... (r) Again, an executor is liable independently of the statutes, to costs upon
judgment of non pros ; («) and if he wishes to be relieved from costs, ..."
5. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"Where a statute provides that on the failure of taking a certain proceeding,
judgment of "non pros." may be entered against the plaintiff, with costs for ..."
6. A Practical and Elementary Abridgment of the Cases Argued and Determined in by Charles Petersdorff, Elisha Hammond (1831)
"Hilary (erra; and, therefore that Ihe judgment of non pros was regular.—Hule
discharged. The plaintiffs attorney in this case added the ..."
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