| 单词 | writ of nisi prius |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswrit of nisi prius a. A writ directing a sheriff to provide a jury at the Court of Westminster on a particular day, unless the assize judges come before that day to the county from which the jury was to be drawn. Now only in writ of nisi prius. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > writs requiring sheriff to summon court or jury venire facias1444 nisi prius1447 habeas corpora1476 venire1665 Ordinances Exchequer (?1526) sig. A.ii Commissions of Nisi prius..conteynyng lasse than halfe a Rolle of parchemyne prystwyse. 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 24 §4 Nisi prius shalbe graunted by discrecion of the Justices upon the distres. 1535 tr. Natura Breuium (1544) 183 b A wryt of Nisi prius... This wryt is Judycyall and lyeth in case when thenquest is panel and retourned afore the Justices of ye banke. 1607 R. Pricket Ld. Coke his Speech & Charge sig. Cijb Writ of nisi prius. c1613 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 18 As touching your nisi prius against Fulbaron. 1629 Vse of Law 26 in J. Doddridge Lawyers Light Of which words the writ is called a Nisi prius. 1954 Cambr. Hist. Jrnl. 11 151 The Court would..order the case to be tried at the next assizes in the locality where the confiscation took place, dismissing it there by writ of nisi prius. < as lemmas |
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