COURT OF ASSIZE AND NISI PRIUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does court of assize and nisi prius mean? 

• COURT OF ASSIZE AND NISI PRIUS (noun)
  The noun COURT OF ASSIZE AND NISI PRIUS has 1 sense:

1. the county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by Crown courts)

  Familiarity information: COURT OF ASSIZE AND NISI PRIUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COURT OF ASSIZE AND NISI PRIUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by Crown courts)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

assizes; court of assize; court of assize and nisi prius

Hypernyms ("court of assize and nisi prius" is a kind of...):

court; judicature; tribunal (an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business)