Lat in practice. An open and voluntary renunciation by a plain-tiff of his suit in court, made when the trial is called on, by which he forever loses hls action, or is barred from commencing another action for tbe same cause. 3 Bl. Comm. 296; 2 Archb. Pr. K. B. 250
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
