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Definition of Non prosequitur
1. Noun. A judgment entered in favor of the defendant when the plaintiff has not continued his action (e.g., has not appeared in court).
Generic synonyms: Judgement, Judgment, Judicial Decision
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Definition of Non prosequitur
1. Phrase. (legal) A judgement entered against the plaintiff in a suit where he/she fails to appear to prosecute. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Non Prosequitur
Literary usage of Non prosequitur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Institutes of Common and Statute Law by John Barbee Minor (1878)
"Judgment by non prosequitur against the Plaintiff. This judgment takes place
where the plaintiff, at any stage of the action after appearance, ..."
2. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1892)
"non prosequitur, generally abbreviated into non pros., is a species of judgment
... non prosequitur is technically a final judgment, and will be opened only ..."
3. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"According to the common-law practice, a non prosequitur was entered where plaintiff
failed to take any necessary step after defendant had appeared and ..."
4. Report and Transactions (1895)
"... Valays non prosequitur mia quia quod non tenetur ei in 2 ... mia 3d Johannes
Bate in misericordia quia non prosequitur Rob' versus ..."
5. The Encyclopedic Digest of Virginia and West Virginia Reports: Being a edited by Thomas Johnson Michie (1907)
"non prosequitur — In Buena Vista Freestone Co. v. Parrish, 34 W. Va. r>52, 12 SE
817, 818, it is said: "According to the practice in courts of ..."
6. A Law Dictionary Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American by Henry Campbell Black (1910)
"He cannot be considered as having ceased to have a thing who never had it Dig.
50, 17, 208. non prosequitur. Lat. If, In the proceedings In an action at law ..."
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