practice. The act by which a plaintiff withdraws his. suit; it is so called from the fact that this was the principal word used when the law entries were in Latin. 2. A retraxit differs from a nonsuit, the former being the act of the plaintiff himself, for it cannot even be entered by attorney; and it must be after declaration filed; while the latter occurs in consequence of the neglect merely of the plaintiff. A retraxit also differs from a nolle prosequi. The effect of a retraxit is a bar to all actions of a like or a similar nature