Vocabulary : Nol. pros. to Nol-pros

Nol. pros. : An abbrev. of Nolle prosequi.
Nolde : Would not.
Nole : The head.
Noli-me-tangere : Any plant of a genus of herbs (Impatiens) having capsules which, if touched when ripe, discharge their seeds. -- See Impatiens. ;; The squirting cucumber. See under Cucumber. ;; A name formerly applied to several varieties of ulcerous cutaneous diseases, but now restricted to Lupus exedens, an ulcerative affection of the nose.
Nolition : Adverse action of will; unwillingness; -- opposed to volition.

Noll : The head; the noddle.
Nolle prosequi : Will not prosecute; -- an entry on the record, denoting that a plaintiff discontinues his suit, or the attorney for the public a prosecution; either wholly, or as to some count, or as to some of several defendants.
Nolleity : The state of being unwilling; nolition.
Nolo contendere : A plea, by the defendant, in a criminal prosecution, which, without admitting guilt, subjects him to all the consequences of a plea of quilty.
Nol-pros : To discontinue by entering a nolle prosequi; to decline to prosecute.

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