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nonsuiting

nonsuiting is the present participle and gerund of nonsuit.

Meaning of nonsuit

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...

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Questions about nonsuiting

What is nonsuiting the present participle and gerund of?
Nonsuiting is the present participle and gerund of nonsuit.

Words near nonsuiting in the dictionary

  1. nonsuit
  2. nonsuitability
  3. nonsuitable
  4. nonsuite
  5. nonsuited
  6. nonsuiting
  7. nonsuits
  8. nonsulcate
  9. nonsulfated
  10. nonsulfhydryl
  11. nonsulfonylurea

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