In English practice, when the members of a court are equally divided on the argument showing cause against a rule nisi, no order is made, i. e., the rule is nei-ther discharged nor made absolute, and the rule is said to drop. In practice, there be-ing a rlght to appeal, it has been usual to make an order in one way, the Junior judge withdrawing hls judgment wharton
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
