decree nisi
noun/dɪˌkriː ˈnaɪsaɪ/
/dɪˌkriː ˈnaɪsaɪ/
[singular] (British English, law)- an order from a court that a marriage will end after a fixed amount of time unless there is a good reason why it should not
- She was granted a decree nisi in a five-minute hearing at the divorce court.
Word Originlate 19th cent.: Latin nisi ‘unless’.
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