Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of
non prosequitur : sometimes used as a verb: to fail to prosecute; let drop: said of a suit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- An abbreviation of
non prosequitur . - transitive verb 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).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To decline or fail to
prosecute ; to allow (alawsuit ) to be dropped. - verb To enter
judgement against (aplaintiff who fails toprosecute ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a judgment entered in favor of the defendant when the plaintiff has not continued his action (e.g., has not appeared in court)
Etymologies
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Examples
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It's a bit overwhelming for non-pros, so we bolt to the Croisette for steak frites.
Peggy Siegal: To Cannes With Love, Peggy Siegal 2011
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It's a bit overwhelming for non-pros, so we bolt to the Croisette for steak frites.
Peggy Siegal: To Cannes With Love, Peggy Siegal 2011
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It's certainly doable by non-pros, and many do, but I do think that level of training starts getting beyond the casual gundog level.
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It's certainly doable by non-pros, and many do, but I do think that level of training starts getting beyond the casual gundog level.
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There's also a strange notion that "Pros" are somehow in a different place than "non-pros".
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It's a bit overwhelming for non-pros, so we bolt to the Croisette for steak frites.
Peggy Siegal: To Cannes With Love, Peggy Siegal 2011
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Most pros dismounted four times a lap (many non-pros dismounted much more) and few finished looking eager for more.
Johnson and Gould leave the competition in the dust at Louisville USGP 2010
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Since the film features a cast of mostly non-pros and Hammer developed the film via improv, we may finally be looking at the American answer to Mike Leigh.
Michael Giltz: Is There Finally Some Oscar Hope for Star Trek?" 2010
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"Non-disclosure agreements," Matt explains for all you non-pros out there.
Salahis take to TV to talk about latest state dinner run-in 2010
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Sin NombreThe impressive debut of 31-year-old American writer-director Cary Joji Fukunaga, the Spanish-language Sin Nombre, filmed in Mexico with a cast of non-pros, follows a young gang member who tries to flee La Mara after the murder of his girlfriend, joining a Honduran family making its way north toward the U.S. atop the trains that carry illegal immigrants willing to risk their lives to cross the border.
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