Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Nonsuit

n. 1. A plaintiff's voluntary dismissal of a case or of a defendant, without a decision on the merits. 0 Under the Federal Rules of Civil procedure, a voluntary dismissal is equivalent to a nonsuit. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a). - Also termed voluntary discontinuance. 2. A court's dismissal of a case or of a defendant because the plaintiff' has failed to make out a legal case or to bring forward sufficient evidence. See judgment of nonsuit under JUDGMENT. - nonsuit, ub.

compulsory nonsuit

See NONSUIT.

judgment of nonsuit

1. Hist. The judgment given against a plaintiff who fails to be present in court to hear the jury render its verdict or who, after issue is joined, fails to bring the issue to be tried in due time. ( This judgment does not prevent the plaintiff from filing the same case again. 2. NONSUIT (2).