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Nullum simile est idem nisi quatuor pedibus currit

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Accusare nemo se debet, nisi coram Deo

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Actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea.

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Nihil pr'scribitur nisi quod possidetur

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Libertas est naturalis facultas ejus quod cuique facere libet, nisi quod de jure aut vi prohibetur

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decree

: such a decree by which the accused agrees to cease alleged illegal activities without admitting guilt decree nisi pl: decrees nisi : a provisional decree that will become final unless cause is shown why it should

Assize, or assise

held by the king's commission in every county as well to take indictments as to try causes at Nisi Prius, are commonly termed the assizes. There are two commissions. (I.) General, which is issued twice a year

judgment

a court exercising in rem jurisdiction compare personal judgment in this entry judgment ni·si [-nī-sī, -nē-sē] pl: judgments nisi : a judgment that is not final or absolute [after default and judgment nisi requiring them to show

Absolute

is a completed judgment of a court, and is so called in contradistinction to a rule or order nisi which is made on the application of one party only without notice to the other (ex parte), to

Associate

16 Vict. c. 73); his duties being to superintend the entry of causes; to attend the sittings of Nisi Prius, and there receive and enter verdicts; to draw up the posteas (the indorsement of the result on

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