DECREENISI

Decree nisi

A decree nisi is a court order that does not have any force until such time that a particular condition is met, such as a subsequent petition to the court or the passage of a specified period of time.

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decree nisi

Noun

  1. a decree issued on a first petition for divorce; it becomes absolute at some later date unless cause is shown why it should not


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