"decree nisi" meaning in English

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        "a decree issued on a first petition for divorce; it becomes absolute at some later date unless cause is shown why it should not."
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        "(law) a decree issued on a first petition for divorce; it becomes absolute at some later date unless cause is shown why it should not."
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