Nisi Prius Writ
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The old name of the writ of venire, which originally, in pursuance of the statute of Westminster II., contained the nisi prius clause. Reg. Jud. 28, 75; Cowell. The clause, however, as it appears in the forms, was not in the original nisi prius form, but in the alternative, the jury being directed to be summoned to come before the justices at Westminster, etc., or before the justices of assize if they should sooner come to the place of trial, on the day designated. The emphatic Latin words were not nisi prius, but vel si prius. See Reg. Jud. ubi supra.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The old name of the writ of venire, which originally, in pursuance of the statute of Westminster 2, contained the nisi prius clause. Reg. Jud. 28, 75; Cowell.
Defined under Nisi in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The old name of the writ of venive, which originally, in pursuance of the statute of Westminster 2, contained the 2ist prius clause. Reg. Jud. 28, 75; Cowell.