an entry made on the court record when the plaintiff in a civil suit or prosecutor in a criminal prosecution undertakes not to continue the action or prosecution
Compare non prosequitur
nol-pros in American English
(ˈnɑl prɑs)
US
verb transitiveWord forms: nol-ˈprossed or nol-ˈprossing
to abandon (all or part of a suit) by entering a nolle prosequi on the court records