non-pros Meaning, Definition & Usage

Non`-pros" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Nonprossed ; present participle & verbal noun Non-prossing
Definitions
  1. To decline or fail to prosecute; to allow to be dropped (said of a suit); to enter judgment against (a plaintiff who fails to prosecute); as, the plaintiff was non-prossed.

Webster 1913