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Definition of Nonsuit
1. n. A neglect or failure by the plaintiff to follow up his suit; a stopping of the suit; a renunciation or withdrawal of the cause by the plaintiff, either because he is satisfied that he can not support it, or upon the judge's expressing his opinion. A compulsory nonsuit is a nonsuit ordered by the court on the ground that the plaintiff on his own showing has not made out his case.
2. v. t. To determine, adjudge, or record (a plaintiff) as having dropped his suit, upon his withdrawal or failure to follow it up.
3. a. Nonsuited.
Definition of Nonsuit
1. Noun. (legal) A lawsuit that is dismissed as having been brought without cause, prior to an adjudication on the merits. ¹
2. Verb. (legal transitive) To dismiss (a plaintiff) on the grounds of his or her lawsuit having been brought without cause, prior to an adjudication on the merits. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nonsuit
1. to dismiss the lawsuit of [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonsuit
Literary usage of Nonsuit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 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)
"But the court will not set aside a nonsuit, and grant a new trial where it appears
that ... A nonsuit cannot be ordered by the court without the consent and ..."
2. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond (1822)
"In a fui tarn action, judgment as in cose of a nonsuit may be entered on a rule
... When a nonsuit is peremptory. After nonsuit the plaintiff may begin the ..."
3. A Treatise on New Trial and Appeal: Presenting and Illustrating the Laws and by Robert Y. Hayne, J. R. Pringle, William Harvey Hyatt (1912)
"An erroneous ruling upon a motion for a nonsuit is an error in law. § 113. ...
Compulsory nonsuit. § 115. Grounds upon which a motion for nonsuit may be ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer and by Robert Philip Tyrwhitt, Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1832)
"An interlocutory motion for discharging a rule foi judgment as in case of nonsuit,
made absolute with costs, the plaintiff on whose behalf the motion was ..."
5. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"From a judgment of nonsuit, plaintiff appeals. Reversed, and new trial ordered.
At the close of plaintiff's evidence, the defendant moved for Judgment as of ..."
6. A Practical and Elementary Abridgment of the Cases Argued and Determined in by Elisha Hammond, Charles Petersdorff (1831)
"Hut the Court will not set a-*ide a nonsuit "" ' ' voluntarily suffered by the
plaintiff, in order to let him in to p!uad do novo, 5 Burr. ..."
7. The Practice of the Court of King's Bench in Personal Actions and Ejectment by John Frederick Archbold (1819)
"Judgment as in Case of a nonsuit. In what cases.] WHERE issue is joined, and the
plaintiff shall neglect to bring such issue to trial, according to the ..."
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