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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

मुकदमा वापस लेना

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mukadama vapas lena

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Nolle prosequi/ˌnɒl.i ˈprɒs.ɪ.kwaɪ/
nounverbCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"अभيयोजन पक्ष ने मुकदमा वापस लेने का फैसला किया।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A formal entry in a court record indicating that the prosecutor or plaintiff will not prosecute a case further, either as a whole or as to a particular count.

    "The district attorney filed a nolle prosequi after key evidence was deemed inadmissible."
As verb
  1. 1

    To formally discontinue or drop a legal suit or prosecution.

    "The state decided to nolle prosequi the lesser charges."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Latin, literally translating to 'to be unwilling to prosecute'. It entered English legal terminology from Anglo-Norman legal language during the early modern period, retaining its Latin form to denote a formal motion or entry on the record by which a prosecutor declares that they will proceed no further in a legal action.

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