decree nisi
a decree, especially of divorce, that will become absolute at a later date.
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How to use decree nisi in a sentence
How this was arranged I do not know, but the decree nisi and the decree absolute were granted without any difficulties arising.
Women's Wild Oats | C. Gasquoine HartleyThen the decree nisi and the King's proctor tries to show cause why and, he failing to quash it, nisi was made absolute.
Ulysses | James JoyceIn special cases the court has power to make the decree absolute before the expiration of six months after the decree nisi.
Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World | Hyacinthe RingroseThe decree nisi was made absolute a few days before I left London.
The Dop Doctor | Clotilde Inez Mary GravesYou get a decree nisi, and once more the Court tries to make me come back.
Tono Bungay | H. G. Wells
British Dictionary definitions for decree nisi
/ (ˈnaɪsaɪ) /
a provisional decree, esp in divorce proceedings, which will later be made absolute unless cause is shown why it should not: Compare decree absolute
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