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Definition of Decree nisi
1. Noun. A decree issued on a first petition for divorce; becomes absolute at some later date.
Definition of Decree nisi
1. Noun. (legal) a decree issued on a first petition for divorce; it becomes absolute at some later date unless cause is shown why it should not ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Decree Nisi
Literary usage of Decree nisi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Marriage, Divorce, Separation, and Domestic Relations by James Schouler, Arthur Walker Blakemore (1921)
"decree nisi. Some check being proper upon decrees so momentous as those of divorce,
we find in the English system, and in certain States, ..."
2. The Rights and Liabilities of Husband and Wife by John Fraser Macqueen (1905)
"197 Decree is nisi A decree of dissolution of marriage is only a decree nisi in
instance. the first instance, not to be made absolute for six months (p). ..."
3. Institutes of American Law by John Bouvier (1854)
"Of a decree nisi. 4441. By the English practice, when a cause is put in the paper
of causes for hearing, it is called in its rotation, and the bill is ..."
4. The Law of Marriage and Divorce, Giving the Law in All the States and by Frank H Keezer (1906)
"decree nisi. In some states, in the first instance, a decree nisi is entered,
... A decree nisi does not absolutely dissolve the marriage.11 § 268. ..."
5. A Treatise on the Practice of the Court of Chancery: With an Appendix of by John Sidney Smith (1842)
"TO SHOW CAUSE AGAINST A decree nisi. IF a defendant has neglected to appear at
the hearing of the cause, and upon being served with a subpoena to show cause ..."
6. Pleading and Practice of the High Court of Chancery by Edmund Robert Daniell, William Frierson Cooper, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1894)
"decree nisi against infant. And this decree is to be binding on the defendants,
the infants, unless they shall respectively, within six months after ..."
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