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nolle prosequis

nolle prosequis is the plural of nolle prosequi.

nolle prosequis is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 prosequis

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

Words near nolle prosequis in the dictionary

  1. nolle prosequi
  2. nolle prosequied
  3. nolle prosequies
  4. nolle prosequiing
  5. nolle prosequing
  6. nolle prosequis
  7. nolle-pross
  8. nolle-prossed
  9. nolle-prosses
  10. nolle-prossing
  11. nolleity

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