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General (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. nolle prosequis: Merriam-Webster
  2. nolle prosequis: Wiktionary
  3. nolle prosequis: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. nolle prosequis: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. nolle prosequis: Legal dictionary

(Note: See nolle_prosequi as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (nolle prosequi)

noun:  (UK law) A declaration from the attorney general ending a criminal prosecution.
noun:  (law) A proceeding or declaration by which a plaintiff or prosecutor ends a legal suit.
noun:  (figuratively) A refusal, a denial, a rejection.
verb:  (law, transitive, somewhat informal) To issue a nolle prosequi.
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