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A decree nisi or rule nisi (from Latin nisi ' unless ') is a court order that will come into force at a future date unless a particular condition is met. [1] Unless the condition is met, the ruling becomes a decree absolute ( rule absolute ), and is binding. [ 2 ]
A judgement rendered in the absence of a plea, or in the event one party refuses to cooperate in the proceedings. nisi: unless A decree that does not enter into force unless some other specified condition is met. / ˈ n aɪ s aɪ / nisi prius: unless first Refers to the court of original jurisdiction in a given matter. / ˈ n aɪ s aɪ ˈ p r ...
The nisi prius record was, before the Judicature Acts, the name of the formal copy of proceedings showing the history of the case up to the time of trial. After the trial it was endorsed with the postea, showing the result of the trial, and delivered by the officer of the court to the successful party, whose possession of the postea was his title to judgment.
nil nisi bonum (about the dead say) nothing unless (it is) good: Short for nil nisi bonum de mortuis dicere. That is, "Don't speak ill of anyone who has died". Also Nil magnum nisi bonum (nothing is great unless good), motto of St Catherine's School, Toorak, Pennant Hills High School and Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School. nil nisi malis ...
Less literally, "speak well of the dead or not at all"; cf. de mortuis nil nisi bonum. de mortuis nil nisi bonum: about the dead, nothing unless a good thing: From de mortuis nil nisi bonum dicendum est ("nothing must be said about the dead except the good"), attributed by Diogenes Laërtius to Chilon. In legal contexts, this quotation is used ...
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A charging order, in English law, is an order obtained from a court or judge by a judgment creditor, by which the property of the judgment debtor in any stocks or funds or shares in a limited liability company or land stands charged with the payment of the amount for which judgment shall have been recovered, with interest and costs.
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