nisi pri|us

nisi pri|us
nisi pri|us «PRY uhs», Law.
1. unless before (applied to the trial of civil cases before a judge and jury).
2. U.S. designating the court in which trial is made before a jury, as distinguished from an appellate court.
[< Anglo-French nisi prius < Medieval Latin, (literally) unless before (that time)]

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