Dictionary entry

Non-pros

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Non′–pros″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Nonprossed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Non-prossing (?).] 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.