decree nisi

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English

Etymology

See decree + (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin nisi (unless).

Noun

decree nisi (plural decrees nisi)

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

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