WEBB, Judge.
An action for malicious prosecution instituted within six months from the entry of nolle prosequi of a criminal prosecution, upon which the action was predicated, is premature and dismissal was proper.
One of the five essential elements for a cause of action for malicious prosecution is "that the criminal prosecution was finally terminated legally in favor of the plaintiff." Powell v. Cohen,
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