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Definition of Nisi prius

Nisi prius
Note: In legal proceedings, this word is used to indicate that any order, etc., shall take effect at a given time, unless before that time the order, etc., in modified, or something else is done to prevent its taking effect. Continuance nisi is a conditional continuance of the case till the next term of the court, unless otherwise disposed of in the mean time. Nisi prius (Law), unless before; -- a phrase applied to terms of court, held generally by a single judge, with a jury, for the trial of civil causes. The term originated in a legal fiction. An issue of fact being made up, it is, according to the English practice, appointed by the entry on the record, or written proceedings, to be tried by a jury from the county of which the proceedings are dated, at Westminster, unless before the day appointed (nisi prius) the judges shall have come to the county in question (which they always do) and there try the cause. See In banc, under Banc.

Meaning of Nisi prius from wikipedia

- Nisi prius (/ˈnaɪsaɪ ˈpraɪəs/) (Latin: "unless before") is a historical term in English law. In the 19th century, it came to be used to denote generally...
- comprises two towers, both of which are Grade I listed buildings: the Nisi Prius Courthouse and the former Crown Court. The citadel was commissioned by...
- Mary Anne Williams . “Sworn before me, William Milton.” At the trial (nisi prius) Justice James Parke (Parke J) said, "The motive was the state of her...
- human is strange to me"). Sometimes ending in est. nihil in intellectu nisi prius in sensu nothing in the intellect unless first in sense The guiding principle...
- five commissions: their civil commissions were those of ****ize and of nisi prius; their criminal law commissions were those of the peace, of oyer and terminer...
- Espin****e's Reports, formally titled Reports of Cases argued and ruled at Nisi Prius, in the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, from E. T., 33 Geo. III...
- empiricists described above, added some words nihil in intellectu nisi prius fuerit in sensu, nisi intellectus ipsi ("nothing in the intellect without first being...
- by Francis Buller in An Introduction to the Law relative to Trials at Nisi Prius, which was printed in 1768.: 212  Of Injuries arising from Negligence...
- amodo panem manducent et aquam et nullatenus civitatem exeant antedictam, nisi prius per ipsos vel majorem partem ipsorum rector seu temporale caput fidelium...
- First Book of Letters, letter 2, line 40 (in Latin) "Actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea: An investigation into the treatment of mens rea in the quest...