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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ni•si pri•us (nī′sī prī′əs, nē′sē prē′əs),USA pronunciation [Law.]- Also called ni′si pri′us court′. a trial court for the hearing of civil cases before a judge and jury.
- [Brit. Law.]
- a writ commanding a sheriff of a county to summon a jury and bring it to the court in Westminster on a certain day, unless the judges of assizes previously came to that county.
- the clause with the words "nisi prius'' introducing this writ.
- the system of judicial circuits to which judges are assigned for local trials of civil and criminal cases.
- Latin: literally, unless previously, unless before
- Middle English 1300–50
ni′si-pri′us, adj. |