English Explanatory Dictionary

decree nisi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a decree issued on a first petition for divorce; it becomes absolute at some later date unless cause is shown why it should not.

Word forms

decree nisi decree nisis decrees nisi

Etymology

See decree + Latin nisi (“unless”).

Related words

decree absolute
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