During her interview with Entertainment Tonight, Foster was also asked about Usher's alleged relationship with one of her bridesmaids. (During the Scream singer's interview with Oprah Winfrey, 58, he insisted nothing physical happened until after he and Foster were separated.).
Search Legal Terms and Definitions. dismissal. n. 1) the act of voluntarily terminating a criminal prosecution or a lawsuit or one of its causes of action by one of the parties. 2) a judge's ruling that a lawsuit or criminal charge is terminated. 3) an appeals court's act of dismissing an appeal, letting the lower court decision stand. 4) the act of a plaintiff dismissing a lawsuit upon settling the case.
  Dismissed without prejudice for want of prosecution means that a court is dismissing someone's lawsuit because that person is not doing what needs to be done to further â¦ the lawsuit along according to the court's rules.he term want of prosecution means the plaintiff is not doing anything he is supposed to be doing, like answering interrogatories, appearing for depositions and answering trial calls.