Dictionary entry

Nonsuit (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Non″suit′, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Nonsuited; p. pr. & vb. n.Nonsuiting.] (Law) To determine, adjudge, or record (a plaintiff) as having dropped his suit, upon his withdrawal or failure to follow it up. “When two are joined in a writ, and one is nonsuited.” Z. Swift.