How to pronounce “nolle prosequi”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (UK law) A declaration from the attorney general ending a criminal prosecution.
• (law) A proceeding or declaration by which a plaintiff or prosecutor ends a legal suit.
• (figuratively) A refusal, a denial, a rejection.
• [Verb]
• (law, transitive, somewhat informal) To issue a nolle prosequi.

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