adjective
- having had one’s lawsuit dismissed by a court due to failure to make a legal case
Usage: legal
Examples
- The plaintiff was nonsuited when they failed to provide sufficient evidence.
- After being nonsuited in the first trial, the attorney decided not to appeal.
- The judge declared the case nonsuited due to procedural errors.
- Many frivolous lawsuits end up being nonsuited.
- The company’s legal team was confident the opposing party would be nonsuited.
- Being nonsuited meant starting the legal process over again.