Nisi

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nisi \Ni"si\, conj. [L.]
     Unless; if not; -- used mostly in law.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     {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}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nisi
       adj : not final or absolute; "the decree is nisi and not absolute"

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  NISI
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