Drop
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In Elng Ush practice. When the members of a court are equally divided on ther discharged nor made absolute, and the rule is said to "drop." In practice, there being a right to appeal, it has been usual to make an order in one way, the junior judge withdrawing his judgment.