decree nisinoun [ S ]
uk/dɪˌkriː ˈnaɪ.saɪ//dɪˌkriː ˈnaɪ.si/us/dɪˌkriː ˈnaɪ.saɪ//dɪˌkriː ˈnaɪ.si/specializedthe first stage of a divorce (= a legal agreement to end a marriage)
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Relationships: ending & divorce
- a parting of the ways idiom
- affiliation order
- annul
- break up
- break-up
- child support
- give sb the heave-ho idiom
- give sb the push idiom
- go off with sb
- grow
- grow apart
- heave-ho
- push
- split
- split up
- throw
- throw sb over
- tug of love
- visitation
- walk
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Examples from literature
- And then we lawyers generally see the dark side of the picture—the damages and the decrees nisi.
- In due course he obtained his decree nisi, which later on was made absolute.
- So the Court had pronounced a decree nisi. But Mrs. Holmes had not been unfaithful to her husband.
- The moment the decree nisi was pronounced he left the Courts of Justice.
- Unfortunately, he died before the decree nisi was made absolute.