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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

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.

Bosley v. Bruner, 24 Miss. 462; Taft v. Northern Transp. Co.., 56 N. H. 417; Goldsmith v. Smith (C.Ct) 21 Fed. 614.