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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[L., (he) has withdrawn. See

(O. Eng. Law)

The withdrawing, or open renunciation, of a suit in court by the plaintiff, by which he forever lost his right of action.

Blackstone.

Noun.

[L. retraho, retraxi.] In law, the withdrawing or open renunciation of a suit in court, by which the plaintiff loses his action.