Rule 165 Abandonment

If you decide to drop part of your case or give up part of your defense, you can make that official by having it noted in the court record. This protects you by showing that those specific claims or defenses were never actually argued or decided in court.

This matters because it keeps the record clear about what was and was not part of your case. Without that note in the record, there could be confusion later about whether those issues were ever addressed.