non pros

1. 1.

   a judgment entered in favor of the defendant when the plaintiff has not continued his action (e.g., has not appeared in court)

   Synonymsnon prosequitur

   Broaderjudgment

   law

Questions about non pros

What does non pros mean?

non pros means "a judgment entered in favor of the defendant when the plaintiff has not continued his action (e.g., has not appeared in court)".

What is another word for non pros?

Close synonyms include non prosequitur. 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 non pros a common word?

non pros is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.