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‖ nolle prosequi Law.|ˈnɒlɪ ˈprɒsəkwaɪ|
Also 7–8 noli, 9 nolo.
[L., ‘to be unwilling to pursue’.]
An entry made upon the record of a court, when the plaintiff or prosecutor abandons part, or all, of his suit or prosecution against a defendant or defendants. Also (quot. 1971) joc.
1681Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) I. 70 A privy seal, commanding Mr. atturney generall to enter a nolle prosequi to the said indictment. 1700Congreve Way of World iv. viii, My lady came in like a noli prosequi, and stopped the proceedings. 1712Arbuthnot John Bull i. xi, [Fees for] Entries, Declarations, Replications, Recordats, Nolle Prosequis. 1809Jefferson Writ. (1830) I. 130 Mr. Huntington..had determined to enter nolle-prosequis. 1811Hist. in Ann. Reg. 28/2 The case of a nolo prosequi having been granted on a prosecution for libel. 1842Brande Dict. Sci., etc. s.v., On the defendant's demurring to one count in a declaration, the plaintiff may enter a nolle prosequi as to that count. 1884Encycl. Brit. XVII. 532/2 In proceedings either by indictment or by information, a nolle prosequi or stay of proceedings may be entered by the attorney-general. 1946[see nut n.1 7 e] 1964Mod. Law Rev. XXVII. 268 The jury failed to agree whether there was a trade dispute. The Attorney-General entered a nolle prosequi, but wished it to be ‘clearly understood’ that strikes not in pursuit of trade disputes had no statutory protection. 1971Wodehouse Much Obliged, Jeeves x. 104 When an aunt has set her mind on a thing, it's no use trying to put in a nolle prosequi.
Hence nolle-pross(e), etc. v. trans., to abandon (a suit or indictment) by a ‘nolle prosequi’. U.S.
1880G. A. Pierce Zachariah 436 Judge Spalding informed Zach..that the case could be ‘nolle prossed’ when it came up. 1883N. York Even. Post 13 May, All of the indictments were nolle-prossed late last evening. 1905Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republ. 15 Dec. 2 The court heard petitions for a new trial, and upon these being granted the cases were nol prossed and the brothers set free. 1926D. L. Colvin Prohibition in U.S. 505 In the two years 14,567 cases were nolle-prossed or dismissed. 1974D. Tidyman Dummy ix. 127 The State would move to nolle prosse the case against Donald Lang. |