Meanings
plural nonusers · alternative non-user
- A person who is not a user (of drugs, a computer system, etc.).
- lawNeglect or omission to use an easement or franchise or to assert a right.
An office may be forfeited by mis-user or non-user.
1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC1 more example
The subject of the forfeiture of corporate franchises by nonuser or misuser , was fully discussed in the case of The King v . Amery
1826, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law
Origin
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