What is COURTS OF ASSIZE AND NISI PRIUS? Definition of COURTS OF ASSIZE AND NISI PRIUS in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.
Courts in England composed of two or more commis- sioners, called "judges of assize," (or of "assize and nisi prius,") who are twice in every year sent by the king's special commission, on circuits all round the kingdom, to try, by a jury of the respective counties, the truth of such matters of fact as are there under dispute in the courts of Westminster Hall. 3 Steph. Comm. 421, 422; 3 Bi. Comm. 57; 2 Odger, Corn. Law, 985.
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