Retraxit
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 14 U.S. 233 - Welch v. Mandeville · 1816Most cited · 64 citing opinions
dismissal by agreement
The dismissal of the former suit, stated in the pleadings in the present case, was certainly not a retraxit; and if it had been, it would not have availed the parties, since it was procured by fraud. Admitting a dismissal of a suit, by agreement, to be a good bar to a subsequent suit, (on which we give no opinion,) it can be so only when it is bona fide, and not for the purpose of defeating the rights of third persons.
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