Usually means: Formal abandonment of legal prosecution.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. nolle prosequi: Merriam-Webster
  2. nolle prosequi: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nolle prosequi: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  6. nolle prosequi: Wordnik
  7. nolle prosequi: Wiktionary
  8. nolle prosequi: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. nolle prosequi: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. nolle prosequi: Dictionary.com
  11. nolle prosequi: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Nolle prosequi: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Nolle prosequi: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. nolle prosequi: Rhymezone
  15. Nolle prosequi: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. nolle prosequi: FreeDictionary.org
  17. nolle prosequi: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. nolle prosequi: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. nolle prosequi: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. nolle prosequi: Law.com Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  7. Nolle prosequi: Legal dictionary

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  1. nolle prosequi: Urban Dictionary

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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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