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