ALL meanings of nisi prius
ni·si pri·us
N n - noun nisi prius Also called nisi prius court. a trial court for the hearing of civil cases before a judge and jury. 1
- noun nisi prius British 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. 1
- noun nisi prius a direction that a case be brought up to Westminster for trial before a single judge and a jury 0
- noun nisi prius the writ giving this direction 0
- noun nisi prius trial before the justices taking the assizes 0
- noun nisi prius (in the US) a court where civil actions are tried by a single judge sitting with a jury, as distinguished from an appellate court 0
- noun nisi prius any of various courts in which a cause of action may be originally tried before a jury 0