non-pros

== English == === Alternative forms === nonpros === Etymology === Short for non prosequitur. === Verb === non-pros (third-person singular simple present non-prosses, present participle non-prossing, simple past and past participle non-prossed) (law) To decline or fail to prosecute; to allow (a lawsuit) to be dropped. To enter judgement against (a plaintiff who fails to prosecute). === Further reading === “non-pros”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.