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non-pros

non-pros verb: to decline or fail to prosecute; to allow (a lawsuit) to be dropped.

Verb

non-pros (third-person singular simple present non-prosses, present participle non-prossing, simple past and past participle non-prossed)

  1. To decline or fail to prosecute; to allow (a lawsuit) to be dropped.
  2. To enter judgement against (a plaintiff who fails to prosecute).

Forms of non-pros

third-person singular presentnon-prosses
present participlenon-prossing
past participlenon-prossed
pastnon-prossed
alternative formnonpros

Origin of non-pros

Short for non prosequitur.

Questions about non-pros

What does non-pros mean?
Non-pros means to decline or fail to prosecute; to allow (a lawsuit) to be dropped.
What part of speech is non-pros?
Non-pros is a verb.
What is the past tense of non-pros?
The past tense of non-pros is non-prossed.

Words near non-pros in the dictionary

  1. non-proletarian
  2. non-proletarians
  3. non-proliferation
  4. non-proliferations
  5. non-proprietary
  6. non-pros
  7. non-prossed
  8. non-prosses
  9. non-prossing
  10. non-protected
  11. non-public

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