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Want or failure of importation; a not importing of commodities.

Want of limitation; failure to limit.

Neglect of obedience; failure to obey.

Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.

Neglect or failure to pay.

Neglect or failure to perform.

Neglect or failure to prepare; want of preparation.

Neglect or failure to present; state of not being presented.

A failure to produce or exhibit.

Want of proficiency; failure to make progress.

One who has failed to become proficient.

Failure of solution or explanation.

Want of submission; failure or refusal to submit.

A neglect or failure by the plaintiff to follow up his suit; a stopping of the suit; a renunciation or withdrawal of the cause by the plaintiff, either because he is satisfied that he can not support it, or upon the judge's expressing his opinion. A compulsory nonsuit is a nonsuit ordered by the court on the ground tha…

Neglect of using; failure to use. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

A not using; failure to use. An office may be forfeited by misuser or nonuser. Blackstone.

e; a multitude; many. Ladies are always of great use to the party they espouse, and never fail to win over numbers. Addison.

hree persons. Pope. When ombre calls, his hand and heart are free, And, joined to two, he fails not to make three. Young.

The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty. The most natural division of all offenses is into those of omission and those of commission. Addison.

To pass by; to forbear or fail to perform or to make use of; to leave undone; to neglect. Her father omitted nothing in her education that might make her the most accomplished woman of her age. Addison.