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Webster 1913 Edition

Nisi

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Ni′si

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onj.
[L.]
Unless; if not; – used mostly in law.
☞ 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.
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
.

Definition 2024

nisi

nisi

See also: nìsǐ

Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈni.si/, [ˈnɪ.sɪ]

Conjunction

nisi

  1. if not, unless, except

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Adjective

nīsī

  1. masculine genitive singular of nīsus
  2. neuter genitive singular of nīsus
  3. masculine nominative plural of nīsus
  4. masculine vocative plural of nīsus

References

Tauya

Noun

nisi

  1. egg
    yene nisi : bird egg

References

  • Lorna MacDonald, A Grammar of Tauya

Etymology

From nī ‎(“not”) +‎ sī ‎(“if”).

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