Middle English Dictionary Entry
nōn-sūte adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | nōn-sūte adj. |
| Etymology | From nōn adj. & sūte n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. non-suite n.
1.
Law Of a plaintiff: subject to a judgment blocking prosecution of his suit; ben ~.
Associated quotations
- (1459) Doc.in Morsbach Origurk.51 : Also, we award, ordeyne and deme that the said Will[iam], his seruauntes, and his tenauntz, and euer-iche of theym, shall be nonsute, or ellus discontynue all maner accions personell and appell that they haue.