non-suit

Moreover, my motion for non-suit was granted within the first few hours of the trial, meaning that even if everything Justine claimed was assumed to be true, she would still lose the case.

Correcting the Record About My Divorce Elon Musk 2010

He wanted me to file a motion of non-suit so the trial would end then and there but I chose not to do so because I wanted to present a defense that would have shown how Montreal Unitarians misused and abused the Canadian Criminal Code in a misguided effort to force an end to my peaceful public protest.

Gates comments now closed 2009

The District should non-suit the tickets, because of the time stamp discrepancy.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Dangers of DC Parking: 2009

As Jello Biafra likes to say about the differing social reactions you'll get by being in a suit as opposed to being in your non-suit clothes, "I stand by the power of the Hallowe'en costume."

Gods Are Bored Fashion Show Anne Johnson 2007

“Everyone around” encompasses the two overly-blonde secretaries and me, in my non-suit and non-cow business bag.

chicagojo Diary Entry chicagojo 2003

Being a non-suit, I get the feeling this woman is actually leading me into a security trap as we ride the old elevator up the single floor.

grouse Diary Entry grouse 2003

Allen quickly dropped his motion, making it a non-suit.

Every Breath You Take Ann Rule 2000

If plaintiff is unable to establish physical causation, then this view holds he is subject to non-suit.

CAUSATION IN LAW THOMAS A. COWAN 1968

"You have not given a notice to produce them, eh?" he calmly whispered to his client, and was answered with a disturbed air in the negative; and all the court saw that Sir William was in the very jaws of a non-suit.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 Various

Then the Claimant's advisers, to avoid the inevitable verdict for their opponents, elected to be non-suit.

Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton Anonymous