Judgment Nisi

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A judgment entered on the return of the nisi priua record with the postea indorsed, which will become absolute according to the terms of the "postea" unless the court out of which the nisi prius record proceeded shall, within the first four days of the following term, otherwise order. Under the compulsory arbitration law of Pennsylvania, on filing the award of the arbitrators, judgment nisi is to be entered, which judgment is to be valid as if it had been rendered on a verdict of a jury, unless an appeal is entered ydthin the time required by law.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A judgment to become final unless otherwise ordered within the first four days of the next term on a showing made by the party against whom it was rendered.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A Judgment entered on the return of the nisi prius record with the postea indorsed, which will become absolute according to the terms of the “postea” unless the court out of which the nisi prius record proceeded shall, within the first four days of the following term, otherwise order. Under the compulsory arbitration law of Pennsylvania, on filing the award of the arbitrators, Judgment nisi is to be entered, which Judgment is to be valid as if it had been rendered on a verdict of a Jury, unless an appeal is entered within the time required by law.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

At common law, this was a judgment entered on the return of the nist prite record, which, according to the terms of tne postea, was to become absolute wnless otherwise ordered by the court within the frst four days of the next succeeding term.