单词 | nisi prius court |
释义 | > as lemmasnisi prius court General attributive, as nisi prius clause, nisi prius court, etc. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > court for trial of civil cases > by judges of assize nisi prius court1649 society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > writs requiring sheriff to summon court or jury > clause in nisi prius1543 nisi prius clause1649 1649 Kingdomes Weekly Intelligencer No. 311. 1356 An Act was reade..for altering the Nisi prius Seale in the Court lately called the Kings Bench. 1660 T. W. (title) The clerk of Assize, judges-marshall, and cryer: being the true Manner and Form of the proceedings at the Assizes and Generall Goale-Delivery, both in the Crown Court, and Nisi Prius Court. 1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 22) 638 Queen's Bench..Custos Brevium, and Nisi Prius Office. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. ii. §118. 94 The Nisiprius Courts, for Civil Trials. 1782 J. Impey New Instructor Clericalis 202 The plea must be entered on the nisi prius record, or it is good cause for judgment to be arrested. 1820 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 70 He told me once..that he was quite as laborious as it was necessary for any Nisi Prius advocate to be. a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XXI. 190/1 In Trials at Bar, which are actually conducted in the Court at Westminster, the Nisi Prius clause is omitted. 1841 C. J. Lever Charles O'Malley lxviii A cunning leer of his eye, and a certain nisi-prius laugh. 1885 W. S. Gilbert Mikado 100 The Nisi Prius nuisance, who just now is rather rife..I've got him on the list! 1925 Amer. Mercury Mar. 282/2 Some of our most brilliant nisi prius advocates, such as Erskine and Russell, had numerous contemporary superiors in the House of Commons. 1989 J. Campbell-Kease Compan. Local Hist. Res. (BNC) 362 The Crown and Nisi Prius courts sat, the men were tried and sentenced. 1990 A. K. R. Kiralfy Eng. Legal Syst. 97 The decisions of single judges at the assizes (Nisi Prius decisions) enjoyed little authority. < as lemmas |
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