nisi

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There's an excellent Latin phrase for all that:De mortuis nil nisi bonum.

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Quick take

not final or absolute; "the decree is nisi and not absolute"

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adjective

not final or absolute; "the decree is nisi and not absolute"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for nisi.

adjective

not final or absolute; "the decree is nisi and not absolute"

Example sentences

There's an excellent Latin phrase for all that:De mortuis nil nisi bonum.

Do nisi narwhal, ad odio before they sold out disrupt brunch tumblr polaroid dolore +1 odd future.

Quinoa laborum velit 3 wolf moon placeat eiusmod, nisi brooklyn cred VHS stumptown.

Leggings brunch sustainable, organic vice do nisi fixie dolor cred sartorial.

But because I have a personal interest in the subject, here's one that tracks the Latin a little more closely: De mortuis [On the dead, ] nil [nothing] nisi bonum [unless it is good] dicendum est [should be said].

The standard common law test of criminal liability is usually expressed in the Latin phrase, actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea, which means "the act does not make a person guilty unless the mind be also guilty".

The minimal document is: \documentclass{stochastic} \title{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet} \begin{document} \maketitle \section{Lorem ipsum dolor} \subsection{Dolor sit amet} Vivamus consectetur enim a leo luctus vitae aliquam nisi volutpat.

Here's the original:"Velocissimum omnium animalium, non solum marinorum, est delphinus, ocior volucre, acrior telo, ac nisi multum infra rostrum os illi foret medio paene in ventre, nullus piscium celeritatem eius evaderet.