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[nunsiute] (c.1260)

[nunsiute] (c.1260)

nonsuit,  nonsuite,  nonsute,  nonsuyt,  nonsuyte;  nounseute,  nounsewte,  nounsieute,  nounsiute,  nounsiwete,  nounsiwite,  nounsoute,  nounsuit,  nounsuite,  nounsute,  nounsuyte,  nounsyute;  nunsute,  nunsuyte  
  FEW: Gdf:  nonsuite 5,526c GdfC: TL: nonsuite 6,799 DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED:  nonsuit n.  MED:  non-suit(e n.  DMLBS:

s.

lawnonsuit, failure of a plaintiff to prosecute his claim or to provide sufficient evidence
( c.1260; MS: c.1275 )  [...] fust apelé e ne vynt poynt. Pur ceo fust agardé ke yl pur sa nun suyte en la mercy  Casus Plac 100
( 1312-13 )  il semble qe le bref par sa nounsyute est tote a la tere  YBB Ed II xiii 4
( 1354 )  Et al quarte jour de lour plé le dit J. se fist une noun suite  ROUGH 94
( MS: 1419 )  et agarder nounsuytes et allower essoignes  Lib Alb 181
( 1489 )  qar le retorne est agardé sur le nonsuyt et nemi pur ceo que le breve fuit malveis qar hoc soit indeferent le quell il est voier ou faux  Readings i 229

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See also:

nunsivre  siute 
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