nol-pros

[ nol-pros ]

/ ˌnɒlˈprɒs /

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verb (used with object), nol-prossed, nol-pros·sing.Law.

to end by a nolle prosequi.

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Origin of nol-pros

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80

Other definitions for nol-pros (2 of 2)

nol. pros.

abbreviation Law.

nolle prosequi.

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How to use nol-pros in a sentence

I watch football, basketball, and hockey on TV and sometimes “The Bass Pros” on Outdoor Channel.
Up to a Point: They Made Me Write About Lena Dunham|P. J. O’Rourke|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pros: Getting to picture yourself gliding efficiently through town, perhaps en route to a snowy assignation.
So You Are Enduring a Temporarily Paralyzing Winter Storm|Kelly Williams Brown|February 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pros: Feeling, ever so briefly, as though everything is magic and beautiful and also that you are Winona Ryder circa 1990.
So You Are Enduring a Temporarily Paralyzing Winter Storm|Kelly Williams Brown|February 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All I have done is to select from the Pros and Cons that present themselves to my mind.
Mystic London:|Charles Maurice Davies

By the kindness of Sir Nol Paton a most perfect fourteenth century specimen is illustrated.
Armour in England|J. Starkie Gardner
In the Arabian and Indian ports, the word universally employed to denote the same meaning is nol.
Notes and Queries, Number 54, November 9, 1850|Various
Retinol, ret′i-nol, n. a hydro-carbon oil used in printers' ink.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
Nol, though a sensible fellow in the main, was a thorough old salt, and with all the usual prejudices of his class.
Hurricane Hurry|W.H.G. Kingston

British Dictionary definitions for nol-pros

nol. pros.

nolle pros.

abbreviation for

nolle prosequi

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