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.
It has different meanings in difference context, but one common usage is to make a case go away. A Motion to Dismiss in a civil case is a request that the court no longer consider the case, for example, because it supposedly does not âstate a clai... This page may be out of date. Save your draft before refreshing this page.