Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary📕
nisi nī′sī, conj. unless, placed
after the words 'decree' or 'rule,' to indicate that the decree or rule
will be made absolute unless, after a time, some condition referred to be
fulfilled.—Nisi prius, the name usually given in England to
the sittings of juries in civil cases—from the first two words of
the old Latin writ summoning the juries to appear at Westminster
unless, before the day appointed, the judges shall have
come to the county
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