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nisi prius

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nisi prius [ˈpraɪəs]
n
1. (Law) English legal history
a.  a direction that a case be brought up to Westminster for trial before a single judge and a jury
b.  the writ giving this direction
c.  trial before the justices taking the assizes
2. (Law) (in the US) a court where civil actions are tried by a single judge sitting with a jury as distinguished from an appellate court
[from Latin: unless previously]


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