See Also: nisi(dictionary)
NISI(law)
nisi(dictionary)
decree nisi(dictionary)
Decree Nisi(law)
nisi prius(dictionary)
ORDER NISI(law)
NISI PRIUS ROLL, Eng(law)
RECORD OF NISI PRIUS, Eng(law)
new wave(dictionary)

nisi prius (iou) and A wave (medicine)


nisi prius (iou)



nisi prius noun phr. LME.
[Latin = unless previously (the opening words in a clause of the writ).]
Law (now Hist.).
A writ directing a sheriff to provide a jury at the Court of Westminster unless the assize judges came beforehand to the county from which the jury was to be drawn; the clause in such a writ of which the opening words are 'nisi prius'. Also, the authority to try causes conferred on judges by this clause. LME.
An action tried under such a writ. LME.
The hearing of civil causes by judges in the Crown Court or assize court; court business of this kind. M16.

A wave (medicine)


A wave


The initial negative deflection in the electroretinogram, presumably reflecting retinal photoreceptor activity, an atrial deflection in an electrocardiogram recorded from within the atrium of the heart, the first positive deflection of the atrial and venous pulses due to atrial systole.