Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Taking effect at a specified date only if no cause is shown for modification during the interim.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Unless.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- conjunction Unless; if not; -- used mostly in law.
- conjunction (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, underBanc .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not final or absolute
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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_Peragere_ refers to the prosecution of a defendant carried to its end, but does not imply success for the prosecutor: see Pliny _Ep_ III ix 30 and Ulpian _Dig_ XLVIII v 2 1 'non alias ad mulierem possit peruenire, nisi reum peregerit [_sc_ adulterii]; peregisse autem non alias quis uidetur, _nisi et condemnauerit_'.
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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"Court of original jurisdiction" is often substituted for the term nisi prius.
Define That Term #22 2006
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"Court of original jurisdiction" is often substituted for the term nisi prius.
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Pauline privilege always include the phrase nisi prima voluerit converti.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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When the funeral oratory fades away, and the day comes for nil nisi verum in place of nil nisi bonum, I anticipate that history will see Edward Moore Kennedy as a man who squandered his golden opportunities, partly owing to egregious faults of character but more because he espoused no coherent ideas.
History 2010
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The Inn at the End of the World: De mortuis nil nisi boum
De mortuis nil nisi boum John 2009
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When the funeral oratory fades away, and the day comes for nil nisi verum in place of nil nisi bonum, I anticipate that history will see Edward Moore Kennedy as a man who squandered his golden opportunities, partly owing to egregious faults of character but more because he espoused no coherent ideas.
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Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
OpenOffice.org 3.1 Has Smoother Drawing And Usability Tweaks | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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The preview tape for MasterChef: the Professionals BBC2 also got trashed in the riots – I can't think of any other explanation why one wasn't available – so I can't tell you who won, but it would be wrong not to acknowledge the passing of another series without a valedictory nil – well, not much – nisi bonum.
TV review: The Slap; Up in Flames: Mr Reeves and the Riots; and MasterChef: the Professionals 2011
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When the funeral oratory fades away, and the day comes for nil nisi verum in place of nil nisi bonum, I anticipate that history will see Edward Moore Kennedy as a man who squandered his golden opportunities, partly owing to egregious faults of character but more because he espoused no coherent ideas.
Stromata Blog: 2009
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