单词 | nisi prius |
释义 | nisi pri·us /-'prī-əs, -'prē-u̇s/ n [Medieval Latin, unless before, the words introducing a clause in an English writ commanding a sheriff to provide a jury at the Court of Westminster on a certain day unless the judges of assize previously come to the county from which the jury is to be returned]: a court of record that tries an issue of fact before a jury and a single judge: trial court; also: the proceedings in such a court: the conducting of jury trials long-distance travel eliminated the nisi prius practice of the justices — W. J. Brennan, Jr. |
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