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1. To terminate. 2. When a judge decides to end a case prematurely before a trial has run its course. 3. To cast off, to demand that one leave. To send away; to discharge; to cause to be removed. To dismiss an action or suit is to send it out of court without any further consideration or hearing. … [Read more...] about DISMISS

In old English law. Disparagement. Hwredes maritentur absque disparagatione, heirs shall be married without disparagement. Magna Charta, (9 Hen. III.) c. 6. … [Read more...] about DISPARAGATIO

practice. A term used in courts of chancery for removing a cause out of court without any further hearing. … [Read more...] about DISMISS A CAUSE

L. Fr. Disparagement; the matching an heir, etc., in marriage, under his or her degree or condition, or against the rules of decency. Kelham. … [Read more...] about DISPARAGATION

To dismiss a case without the ability for the case to be refiled or brought again, a final decision and determination. … [Read more...] about DISMISS WITH PREJUDICE