Definition of Nonaction

1. Noun. The absence of action; failure to act. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nonaction

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonaction

nonacosane
nonacosanoic
nonacosanoic acid
nonacquaintance
nonacquiescence
nonacquired
nonacquisition
nonacquisitive
nonacrimonious
nonactic
nonactic acid
nonactin
nonacting
nonactinide
nonactinides
nonaction
nonactions
nonactivated
nonactive
nonactivities
nonactivity
nonactor
nonactors
nonactuarial
nonad
nonadaptable
nonadapted
nonadapting
nonadaptive
nonaddict

Literary usage of Nonaction

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1918)
"... consideration,15 as well as in other connections.16 Fault on the part of the defendant is to be found in action or nonaction accompanied by knowledge, ..."

2. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1911)
"D. Mere Nonaction of Officers.—Although the doctrine of estoppel in pais may have its application to municipal corporations, it cannot be based simply on ..."

3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"The effect is rather large to attribute to mere nonaction, but we need not make further •345 comment upon it »because we think the decision of the Court of ..."

4. Federal Statutes Annotated: Containing All the Laws of the United States of by United States, William Mark McKinney, Thomas H. Calvert (1921)
"Nonaction of Commission in matter purely ministerial. ... It is true that the Commission held that, its nonaction was caused by the fact that the command of ..."

5. A Digest of International Law: As Embodied in Diplomatic Discussions by John Bassett Moore, Francis Wharton (1906)
"Nonaction of foreign governments; rights and duties of their citizens. 7. Mexico, § 65. Miramon government; question of blockade. Juarez and Maximilian. 8. ..."

6. History and Digest of the International Arbitrations to which the United by John Bassett Moore (1898)
"Congress never confirmed the Herrera decree, but claimant contended that the nonaction ... nonaction ..."

7. Hearings, Reports, Laws, Etc by United States Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors (1919)
"Then the nonaction of the city has cost the Government a good deal of money ? ... But it seems as though the primary cause of this was the nonaction of the ..."

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