decree nisi

English

Etymology

See decree + Latin nisi (“unless”).

Noun

decree nisi (plural decrees nisi)

(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

See also

decree absolute

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