nonsuit (v.) Copy link • nonsuit (v.): Phr.: to be n.'d, causâ cadere, Cic. Inv. 2, 19, 57: also in Dig. condemnari, damnari (to have sentence given against one), ib. Ulp. 2, 1, 19, et pass.: cf. ib. 9, 4, 21 § 4, qui condemnantur quasi contumaces, i. e. who are n.'d for contumacy. See also, to lose (II., 2).