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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- where he sat in the Queen's Bench Division and was said to be the best nisi prius judge of his time. He was promoted to the Court of Appeal in 1901, before...
- The fees of the exchequer clerks for making commissions, or records of Nisi prius. Statutu Ordinaco'es edit' apud Westm̄ Anno quinto. Statute and Ordinances...
- empiricists described above, added some words nihil in intellectu nisi prius fuerit in sensu, nisi intellectus ipsi ("nothing in the intellect without first being...
- (Ireland) Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 98) (Nisi prius) c. 16 Before what Persons Nisi prius may be granted. — repealed for England and Wales by...
- 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...