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DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE Definition & Legal Meaning

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Dismissal of a liill iu equity >vith- out prejudice to the rightof the complainant to sue again on the same cause of action. The effect of the words”without prejudice” is to prevent the decree of dismissal from operating as a bar to asubsequent suit. Lang v. Waring, 25 Ala. 625, 60 Am. Dec. 533.

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