See also:

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

NONSUIT (Fr. non suit, he does not pursue)  , in See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law the name given to a See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment whereby an issue is determined against the See also:

• PLAINTIFF

plaintiff . It was a See also:

• TERM

term See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar to the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• COMMON

common-law courts before the Judicature Acts, and was simply the expression of the See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion of the 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 that, apart from the merits, the plaintiff's See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case was incomplete . It did not in any way See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act as a See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar to his bringing another See also:

• ACTION

action for the same cause . It might be entered either at the wish of the plaintiff himself (to whom it was of course much more beneficial than judgment for the See also:

• DEFENDANT

defendant) or by direction of the court against the will of the plaintiff . Although judgment of See also:

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

nonsuit still exists, it has, since the Judicature Acts, the same effect as a judgment on the merits, unless the court otherwise directs . This effect of a nonsuit was specially provided for by the rules of the Supreme Court of 1895 .