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Dismiss

To send away; to discharge; to. cause to be removed. To dismiss au action or suit is to send it out of court without any further consideration or hearing. Bos-ley v. Bruner, 24 Mlss. 462; Taft v. Northern Transp. Co., 56 N. H. 417; Goldsmith v. Smith (C. C.) 21 Fed. 614

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)