(law) A proceeding or declaration by which a plaintiff or prosecutor ends a legal suit.
(law) A proceeding or declaration by which a plaintiff or prosecutor ends a legal suit.
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(US, law) A type of plea in a criminal proceeding where the defendant neither admits nor denies guilt but consents to the imposition of punishment as if guilty.
(legal) , no contest, a plea in criminal cases.
(chiefly, UK) To determine that an alleged crime, especially a sexual assault or rape, should not be prosecuted as a crime (e.g. because the victim has withdrawn their complaint).
(figuratively) A refusal, a denial, a rejection.
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(UK, _, law) A declaration from the attorney general ending a criminal prosecution.
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