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NOLLE PROSEQUI (sometimes shortened into not. pros.) , a technical See also:term of See also:English See also:law, the meaning of which varies as it is used with reference to See also:civil or criminal cases. In civil cases it applied only to actions in the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's See also:bench See also:division, and there signified a formal undertaking by the See also:plaintiff that he intended to proceed no further with the See also:action (se ulterius nolle prosequi). The more See also:modern practice in such cases is to proceed by way of discontinuance. In proceedings either by See also:indictment or by See also:information, a nolle prosequi or stay of proceedings may be entered by the See also:attorney-See also:general. The nolle prosequi is a See also:matter purely for his discretion, and will not be granted unless very See also:good ground be shown for his interference. The See also:object of it generally is to obtain a stay of proceedings against an See also:accomplice in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order to procure his See also:evidence. This object is, however, more usually effected by the See also:prosecution offering no evidence and the See also:judge directing an acquittal.
In the See also:United States the term bears the same meaning as in See also:England, with one exception. The attorney-general has not the same discretion with which English law invests him. Although in some states the prosecuting officer may enter a nolle prosequi at his discretion, in others the leave of the See also:court must be obtained.
End of Article: NOLLE PROSEQUI (sometimes shortened into not. pros.)
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