nonsuit

non·suit

N0147100 (nŏn-so͞ot′)n.1. A judgment against a plaintiff for failure to present enough evidence for a jury to decide in the plaintiff's favor, or for failure to pursue a lawsuit, such as by proceeding to trial.2. A dismissal of a lawsuit because the plaintiff has failed to pursue it.tr.v. non·suit·ed, non·suit·ing, non·suits To render a judgment of nonsuit against (a plaintiff).

[Middle English, failure of a plaintiff to prosecute, from Anglo-Norman nounsuite : noun-, no (from Latin nōn; see non-) + suite, suit; see suit.]

nonsuit

(nɒnˈsuːt; -ˈsjuːt) lawn (Law) an order of a judge dismissing a suit when the plaintiff fails to show he or she has a good cause of action or fails to produce any evidencevb (Law) (tr) to order the dismissal of the suit of (a person)

non•suit

(nɒnˈsut)
Law. n. 1. a judgment against a plaintiff who fails to prosecute a case or provides insufficient evidence. v.t. 2. to subject to a nonsuit. [1350–1400; < Anglo-French nounsute; see suit]

nonsuit

Past participle: nonsuited
Gerund: nonsuiting

Imperative
nonsuit
nonsuit

Present
I nonsuit
you nonsuit
he/she/it nonsuits
we nonsuit
you nonsuit
they nonsuit

Preterite
I nonsuited
you nonsuited
he/she/it nonsuited
we nonsuited
you nonsuited
they nonsuited

Present Continuous
I am nonsuiting
you are nonsuiting
he/she/it is nonsuiting
we are nonsuiting
you are nonsuiting
they are nonsuiting

Present Perfect
I have nonsuited
you have nonsuited
he/she/it has nonsuited
we have nonsuited
you have nonsuited
they have nonsuited

Past Continuous
I was nonsuiting
you were nonsuiting
he/she/it was nonsuiting
we were nonsuiting
you were nonsuiting
they were nonsuiting

Past Perfect
I had nonsuited
you had nonsuited
he/she/it had nonsuited
we had nonsuited
you had nonsuited
they had nonsuited

Future
I will nonsuit
you will nonsuit
he/she/it will nonsuit
we will nonsuit
you will nonsuit
they will nonsuit

Future Perfect
I will have nonsuited
you will have nonsuited
he/she/it will have nonsuited
we will have nonsuited
you will have nonsuited
they will have nonsuited

Future Continuous
I will be nonsuiting
you will be nonsuiting
he/she/it will be nonsuiting
we will be nonsuiting
you will be nonsuiting
they will be nonsuiting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been nonsuiting
you have been nonsuiting
he/she/it has been nonsuiting
we have been nonsuiting
you have been nonsuiting
they have been nonsuiting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been nonsuiting
you will have been nonsuiting
he/she/it will have been nonsuiting
we will have been nonsuiting
you will have been nonsuiting
they will have been nonsuiting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been nonsuiting
you had been nonsuiting
he/she/it had been nonsuiting
we had been nonsuiting
you had been nonsuiting
they had been nonsuiting

Conditional
I would nonsuit
you would nonsuit
he/she/it would nonsuit
we would nonsuit
you would nonsuit
they would nonsuit

Past Conditional
I would have nonsuited
you would have nonsuited
he/she/it would have nonsuited
we would have nonsuited
you would have nonsuited
they would have nonsuited

nonsuit

Nonsuit

A broad term for any of several ways to terminate a legal action without an actual determination of the controversy on the merits.

For instance, a judgment of nonsuit may be granted against a plaintiff who either fails to pursue, or abandons, the action.

nonsuit

n. a ruling by the judge in a lawsuit either when the plaintiff (the party who filed the suit) does not proceed to trial at the appointed time or has presented all his/her/its evidence and, in the judge's opinion, there is no evidence which could prove the plaintiff's case. A nonsuit terminates the trial at that point, and results in a dismissal of the plaintiff's case and judgment for the defendant. (See: dismissal)

nonsuit

an order of a judge dismissing a suit when the plaintiff fails to show he has a good cause of action or fails to produce any evidence.