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Nisi prius record. This was an instrument in the nature of a commission to the judges at Nisi Prius for the trial of a cause, written on parchment and delivered to the officer of the Court in which the cause was to be tried. Any variance between the record and the issue should have been objected to at the time of trial, but the judges had power to amend variances. See RECORD and TRIAL.