NONPROSSED

Verb

nonprossed

simple past tense and past participle of nonpros

Source: Wiktionary


NONPROS

Non`-pros", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nonprossed; p. pr. & vb. n. Non- prossing.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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CHATTEL

(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)


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