See also:

• ABANDONMENT (Fr. abandonnement, from abandonner, to abandon, relinquish; abandonner was originally equivalent to mettred banddn, to leave to the jurisdiction, i.e. of another, bandon being from Low Latin bandum, bannum, order, decree, " ban ")

ABANDONMENT OF AN See also:

• ACTION

ACTION  iS the discontinuance of proceedings commenced in the High See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

Justice either because the See also:

• PLAINTIFF

plaintiff is convinced that he will not succeed in his See also:

• ACTION

action or for other reasons . Previous to the Judicature See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act of 1875, considerable See also:

• LATITUDE (Lat. latitudo, latus, broad)

latitude was allowed as to the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time when a suitor might abandon his action, and yet preserve his right to bring another action on the same suit (see See also:

• NONSUIT (Fr. non suit, he does not pursue)

NoNSUIT) ; but since 1875 this right has been considerably curtailed, and a plaintiff who 6 3 0 2 7 1 5 4 0 8 has delivered his reply (see See also:

• PLEADING (Fr. plaider, plaidoyer)

PLEADING), and afterwards wishes to abandon his action, can generally obtain leave so to do only on See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of bringing no further proceedings in the See also:

• MATTER

matter .