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Dismissal without prejudice

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, Black's (1910)

Definitions from Case Law

From 245 U.S. 352 - McGowan v. Columbia River Packers' Ass'n · 1917Most cited · 45 citing opinions

It ordinarily is the undisputed right of a plaintiff to dismiss a bill before the final hearing.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Dismissal of a bili in equity without prejudice to the right of the complainant to sue again on the same cause of action. The effect of the wo ids "without prejudice" is to prevent the decree of dismissal from operating as a bar to a subsequent suit. Lang v. Waring, 25 Ala. 625, 60 Am. Dec. 533.

Defined under Dismissal in Black's Law Dictionary.