Withdrawing Record
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In practice
The withdrawing by a plaintiff of the nisi prius or trial record filed in a cause, just before the trial is entered upon, for the purpose of preventing the cause from bsing tried. This may be done before the jury are sworn, and afterwards, by consent of the defendant's counsel.
2 Tidd, Pr. 851; 1 Archb. Pr. K. B. 189; 3 Chit Pr. 870.