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nonsuit

Syllables: non·suitUK/ˈnɒns(j)uːt/US/ˈnɑnsut/

nonsuit noun: a lawsuit that is dismissed as having been brought without cause, prior to an adjudication on the merits.

Noun

nonsuit (plural nonsuits)

  1. A lawsuit that is dismissed as having been brought without cause, prior to an adjudication on the merits.
  2. A neglect or failure by the plaintiff to follow up his suit; a renunciation or withdrawal of the cause by the plaintiff.
    • [A]ltho the party be indicted as vvell as appeald, yet upon the nonſuit of the plaintiff, the proceeding for the king ſhall not be upon the indictment, but upon the appeal.a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, “Where a Man shall be Put of Answer in Criminal and Capital Offenses without Indictment at the King’s Suit”, in Sollom Emlyn, editor, Historia Placitorum Coronæ...

Verb

nonsuit (third-person singular simple present nonsuits, present participle nonsuiting, simple past and past participle nonsuited)

  1. (transitive) To dismiss (a suit or plaintiff) on the grounds of his or her lawsuit having been brought without cause, prior to an adjudication on the merits.
    • [W]here an appeal is brought at the ſuit of the party, and the plaintiff is nonſuit upon that appeal, yet the offender ſhall be arraigned at the king's ſuit upon ſuch appeal; […]a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, “Where a Man shall be Put of Answer in Criminal and Capital Offenses without Indictment at the King’s Suit”, in Sollom Emlyn, editor, Historia Placitorum Coronæ...
    • In short, the attorney was nonsuited, to the satisfaction of all who knew him […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter XV, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume I, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

nonsuit meaning in Tamil and Bengali

nonsuit in Tamil

தடைசெய் வழக்கு

nonsuit in Bengali

মামলা খারিজ

Forms of nonsuit

Noun
pluralnonsuits
alternative formnon-suit
Verb
third-person singular presentnonsuits
present participlenonsuiting
past participlenonsuited
pastnonsuited

Origin of nonsuit

From non- + suit.

Questions about nonsuit

What does nonsuit mean?
Nonsuit means a lawsuit that is dismissed as having been brought without cause, prior to an adjudication on the merits.
What is nonsuit in Tamil?
Nonsuit in Tamil is தடைசெய் வழக்கு. See Nonsuit meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nonsuit?
Nonsuit can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce nonsuit?
Nonsuit is pronounced /ˈnɒns(j)uːt/ (UK).
What is the plural of nonsuit?
The plural of nonsuit is nonsuits.

Words near nonsuit in the dictionary

  1. nonsuggestive
  2. nonsuicidal
  3. nonsuicide
  4. nonsuicides
  5. nonsuing
  6. nonsuit
  7. nonsuitability
  8. nonsuitable
  9. nonsuite
  10. nonsuited
  11. nonsuiting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nonsuit (page history and authors); nonsuit (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nonsuit (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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