decree nisi

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A decree nisi was due to be granted in March 2021.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2022

His children cried, last August, when he announced he would be leaving, when he filed the paperwork to complete his decree nisi, and that was enough to persuade him to stay.

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2021

And it replaces the terms "decree nisi" and "decree absolute" with "conditional order" and "final order".

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2020

So far, she has helped more than 1,000 couples, many of whom apologise to each other and go out for drinks despite their decree nisi.

From The Guardian • Jan. 14, 2017

They had been instituted by him, however, on grounds that induced the jury to give him a verdict, and the judge had pronounced a decree nisi on the evidence as it stood.

From The Passenger from Calais by Griffiths, Arthur