nonsuit verb trans. [nɒn'sju:t, -'su:t] M16.
[from NONSUIT noun or adjective.]
Law (now Hist.). Subject (a plaintiff) to a nonsuit.

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nonsuit adjective.LME-E19.
[from NONSUIT noun, app. taken as a ppl. form by analogy with execute etc. Cf. Anglo-Norman nounsuy.]
Law. Subjected to a nonsuit; that is or has been nonsuited.

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nonsuit noun. ['nɒnsju:t, -su:t] LME.
[Anglo-Norman no(u)nsuit, formed as NON- + SUIT noun.]
Law. The cessation of a suit as a result of the voluntary withdrawal of the plaintiff (obsolete exc. US). Now usu., the stoppage of a suit by the judge when the plaintiff fails to make out a legal case or to bring sufficient evidence.

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