nol-pros

¹

[ nol-pros ]

verb (used with object)

, Law.

, nol-prossed, nol-pros·sing.

1. to end by a nolle prosequi.

nol. pros.

²

abbreviation for

, Law.

1. nolle prosequi.

nol. pros.

abbreviation for

1. nolle prosequi

Word History and Origins

Origin of nol-pros¹

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80

Example Sentences

But the explosion of the great assassination conspiracy; the nol-pros. of the awful charge against Jefferson Davis, Clement C. Clay, Jacob Thompson, and their followers—a crime, which, if capable of proof, no government on earth would have dared to condone—discredited forever the judgment of the Military Commission, reopened wide all questions of testimony, of character, of guilt or innocence, and summoned the silent and dishonored dead to a new and benignant trial.

From Project Gutenberg

If his victims reform their ways thoroughly enough, Arnold then sometimes signs with them a consent decree, nol-pros the criminal action.

From Time Magazine Archive