decree nisi

1. 1.

   a decree issued on a first petition for divorce; becomes absolute at some later date

   Broaderdecree

   law

Questions about decree nisi

What does decree nisi mean?

decree nisi means "a decree issued on a first petition for divorce; becomes absolute at some later date".

Is decree nisi a common word?

decree nisi is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.