- involuntary discontinuance
- The forcing of a case out of court for some error in pleading, technical omission, etc., better called an involuntary dismissal. Hunt v Griffin, 49 Miss 742.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
involuntary discontinuance
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