Not following up the cause; failure on the part of a plaintiff to continue the prosecution of his suit. An ahandon-ment or renunciation of his suit, by a plain-tiff, either by omitting to take the next nec-essary steps, or voluntarily relinquishing the action, or pursuant to an order of the court. An order or judgment, granted upou the trial of a cause, that the plaintlfT hns abandoned, or shall abandon, the further prosecution of hls suit