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Order Nisi

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

A conditional order, which is to be confirmed unless something be done, which has been required, by a time specified. Eden, Inj. 122. See "Nisi."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

An order of court to be effective unless cause is shown why it should not be so.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A conditional order, which is to be confirmed unless something be done,

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A -provisional or conditional order, allowing a certain time within which to do some required act, on failure of which the order will be made absolute.

Defined under Order in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A provisional or conditional order, allowing a certain time within which to do some required act, on failure of which the order will be made absolute. eee ORDER OF DISCHARGE. In England. An order wade under the bankruptey 2s act of 1869, by a court of bankruptcy, the ef- SS tect of which is to discharge a bankrupt from