Smith had been indicted for treason and misdemeanor, but Hay had entered a nolle prosequi on the bills of indictment after the failure of the Burr prosecution.
The French lugger under Dungeness entered a nolle prosequi as respects my brig, when she found her hands full of the West-Indiaman.
A friend and shipmate, who was in his secret, came one day in a great hurry to tell him that the authorities of the State in which the parties fought had entered a nolle prosequi" against the offenders.
The matter was obviously not one that could be straightened out with a curt nolle prosequi.
But the universal consensus of opinion is that the fellow is a bounder and a tick, and that the moment he showed signs of wanting to get into the place he should have been met with a firm nolle prosequi and heartily blackballed.
What I am endeavouring to say, sir, is that I am sorry, but I am afraid I must enter an unequivocal nolle prosequi.
Sir John Popham gave sentence according to lawe, but being a great person and a favorite, he procured a nolle prosequi.
At the end of the third day, however, he received formal notice that he would be brought into court on the following morning, that the indictment against him would be read, and that the attorney-general would enter a nolle prosequi.
That will depend upon various circumstances," replied the Secretary; "I think we shall take some steps towards the trial before we enter the nolle prosequi.
I shall strongly advise that a nolle prosequi be entered, and I think I may add that my advice will be taken.
Father Arthur, with genuine wit, "how naturally instinct leads him to come to you, that you may deliver him by a nolle prosequi!
The Chief Prosecutor just called me; Judge Pendarvis has denied the nolle prosequi he entered in your case and in Mr. Holloway's, and ordered both cases to trial.
I will make a small wager, and I will even give odds, that the first thing Ham O'Brien does when he gets back to Mallorysport will be to enter nolle prosequi on both charges.
I haven't approved the nolle prosequi yet, Mr. Wilkins," he mentioned gently.
Mr. O'Brien has entered nolle prosequi on both of them, so the whole thing can be disregarded.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "nolle prosequi" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
