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Nolle prosequi, abbreviated nol or nolle pros, is legal Latin meaning "to be unwilling to pursue". It is a type of prosecutorial discretion in common law, used for prosecutors' declarations that they are voluntarily ending a criminal case before trial or before a verdict is rendered; it is a kind of motion to dismiss and contrasts with an involuntary dismissal.
Pro se legal representation (/ ˌ p r oʊ ˈ s iː / or / ˌ p r oʊ ˈ s eɪ /) comes from Latin pro se, meaning "for oneself" or "on behalf of themselves" which, in modern law, means to argue on one's own behalf in a legal proceeding, as a defendant or plaintiff in civil cases, or a defendant in criminal cases, rather than have representation from counsel or an attorney.
pro-life. Pro-choice and pro-life are terms of self-identification used by the two sides of the abortion debate: those who support access to abortion, and those who seek to restrict it, respectively. They are generally considered loaded language, since they frame the corresponding position in terms of inherently positive qualities (and thus ...
A patient-reported outcome ( PRO) is a health outcome directly reported by the patient who experienced it. It stands in contrast to an outcome reported by someone else, such as a physician -reported outcome, a nurse -reported outcome, and so on. PRO methods, such as questionnaires, are used in clinical trials or other clinical settings, to help ...
Prose. Prose is the form of written language (including written speech or dialogue) that follows the natural flow of speech, a language's ordinary grammatical structures, or typical writing conventions and formatting. Thus, prose includes academic writing and differs most notably from poetry, where the format consists of verse: writing ...
Prosocial behavior. Prosocial behavior, or intent to benefit others, [1] is a social behavior that "benefit [s] other people or society as a whole", [2] "such as helping, sharing, donating, co-operating, and volunteering". [3] Obeying the rules and conforming to socially accepted behaviors (such as stopping at a "Stop" sign or paying for ...
Pros & Cons (comic strip), a comic strip by Kieran Meehan "Pros and Cons", an episode of Garfield and Friends "Pros and Cons", an episode of The A-Team; Decisional balance sheet, a table of pros and cons; See also. Con (disambiguation) Pro (disambiguation) Issue mapping, a diagram in which pros and cons are types of nodes
Proskynesis ( / ˌprɒskɪˈniːsɪs / ), also called proscynesis ( / ˌprɒsɪˈniːsɪs /) or proskinesis ( / ˌprɒskɪˈniːsɪs /; Greek: προσκύνησις proskýnēsis; Latin: adoratio ), was a solemn gesture of respect towards gods and people in many societies. Among the Persians, it referred to a man prostrating himself and ...
Prodrug. A prodrug is a pharmacologically inactive medication or compound that, after intake, is metabolized (i.e., converted within the body) into a pharmacologically active drug. [1] [2] Instead of administering a drug directly, a corresponding prodrug can be used to improve how the drug is absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and excreted ...
Prose poetry is written as prose, without the line breaks associated with poetry. However, it makes use of poetic devices such as fragmentation, compression, repetition, rhyme, [1] metaphor, and figures of speech. [2]