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NISI PRIUS , in See also:English See also:law, a See also:term used to denote generally all actions tried before See also:judges of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's See also:bench See also:division. For the See also:history and meaning of this term see See also:AssizE. As a See also:rule actions only are tried at nisi prius, and a See also:judge is said to sit at nisi prius when he sits, usually in the king's bench division, for the trial of actions. By a See also:resolution passed by the judges of the king's bench division in 1894 it was declared of the utmost importance that there should be at least three courts of nisi prius sitting continuously throughout the legal See also:year—one for See also:special See also:jury causes, one for See also:common jury causes, and one for causes with-out juries (see the See also:Annual Practice).
Nisi Prius See also:Record was before the Judicature Acts the name of the formal copy of proceedings showing the history of the See also:case up to the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
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 See also:court to the successful party, whose See also:possession of the postea was his See also:title to See also:judgment. Since the Judicature Acts there is no nisi prius record in See also:civil actions, the nearest approach to it being the See also:deposit of copies of the' pleadings for the use of the judge, and there is no postea, the certificate of the See also:associate or See also:master as to the result of the trial superseding it.
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