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Retraxit

Retraxit \Re*trax"it\, n. [L., (he) has withdrawn. See Retract.] (O. Eng. Law) The withdrawing, or open renunciation, of a suit in court by the plaintiff, by which he forever lost his right of action.
--Blackstone.

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retraxit

n. (context legal obsolete English) The withdrawing, or open renunciation, of a suit in court by the plaintiff, by which he forever lost his right of action.