noun
- a legal decision by a prosecutor to discontinue criminal proceedings against a defendant
Usage: legal
Examples
- The district attorney filed a nonprossing motion due to insufficient evidence.
- After reviewing the case, the prosecutor recommended nonprossing.
- The nonprossing allowed the defendant to avoid trial.
- Legal experts debated whether nonprossing was the appropriate action.
- The victim’s family was disappointed by the nonprossing decision.
- Nonprossing does not necessarily mean the charges cannot be refiled later.