nolle prosequi

Questions about nolle prosequi

What does nolle prosequi mean?

nolle prosequi means "an entry in the court record to the effect that the plaintiff or prosecutor will not proceed". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for nolle prosequi?

Close synonyms include nol pros, nolle pros, nol.pros.. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nolle prosequi a common word?

nolle prosequi is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.