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adj. Law
Taking effect at a specified date unless cause is shown for modification or nullification: a decree nisi.

[Latin, unless.]


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(NY-sy, NEE-see)

adjective
Not yet final, taking effect at a later date unless invalidated by a certain cause. The word usually appears in forms such as "decree nisi", "order nisi".

Etymology
From Latin nisi (unless, if not), from ne- (not) + si (if)

A Latin injunction that uses this term is: De mortuis nil nisi bonum (Say nothing but good of the dead).

Usage
"The following divorces were granted decree nisi on December 19, 2003." — Divorces Granted; The Royal Gazette (Bermuda); Jan 25, 2004.


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Lat: unless; "It is used in law after ‘decree, ' ‘order, ' ‘rule' to indicate [that the adjudication referred to] shall take permanent effect at a specified time unless cause is shown why it should not or unless it is changed by further proceedings." 215 A. 2d 779, 783. A "decree nisi" usually refers to a conditional divorce, becoming absolute upon the expiration of a stipulated period unless cause to the contrary is shown within the time period. 92 A. 791, 793. See also decree [decree nisi].

Wikipedia: Nisi
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Nisi ben Menasseh or Nisi ben Moses was a Jewish Turkic ruler of the Khazars mentioned in the Khazar Correspondence. He probably reigned in the mid to late 9th century CE. Little is known about his reign. As with other Bulanid rulers, it is unclear whether he was Khagan or Khagan Bek of the Khazars, although the latter is more likely.

Sources

  • Kevin Alan Brook. The Jews of Khazaria. 2nd ed. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc, 2006.
  • Douglas M. Dunlop, The History of the Jewish Khazars, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1954.
  • Norman Golb and Omeljan Pritsak, Khazarian Hebrew Documents of the Tenth Century. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press, 1982.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - gældende indtil videre

Nederlands (Dutch)
nisi, voorlopige juridische beschikking

Français (French)
adj. - (Jur) provisoire

Deutsch (German)
adj. - wenn nicht, (jur.) vorläufig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (νομ.) προσωρινός, υπό αίρεση

Italiano (Italian)
a condizione che

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - provisório

Русский (Russian)
условный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - bajo condición, provisional

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - gällande tillsvidare (jur.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
非绝对的, 非最后的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 非絕對的, 非最後的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 일정기간 당사자가 이의를 신청하지 않으면 절대적 효력을 발생하는, 가~

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 仮…

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مشروط, نافذ في وقت معين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אלא אם כן, תקף אם מתמלאים תנאים מסוימים (צו משפטי)‬


 
 

 

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