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nolle prosequies

nolle prosequies is the plural of nolle prosequi.

Meaning of nolle prosequi

Noun

nolle prosequi (plural nolle prosequis or nolle prosequies)

  1. (UK) A declaration from the attorney general ending a criminal prosecution.
  2. A proceeding or declaration by which a plaintiff or prosecutor ends a legal suit.
  3. (figuratively) A refusal, a denial, a rejection.
    • [...] where the ordinary man would have met the suggestion they had made with a firm nolle prosequi, I was barred from doing this by the code of the Woosters, which, as is pretty generally known, renders it impossible for me to let a pal down. [...] “I do wish you wouldn't always be so difficult...1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XVI and XIX

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Questions about nolle prosequies

What is nolle prosequies the plural of?
Nolle prosequies is the plural of nolle prosequi.

Words near nolle prosequies in the dictionary

  1. nolition
  2. nolitions
  3. noll
  4. nolle prosequi
  5. nolle prosequied
  6. nolle prosequies
  7. nolle prosequiing
  8. nolle prosequing
  9. nolle prosequis
  10. nolle-pross
  11. nolle-prossed

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