Similar words: decree, decreed, screening, decrease, decrepit, screen, decrescent, decrepitude. Meaning: n. a decree issued on a first petition for divorce; becomes absolute at some later date.
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1. The period between the decree nisi and the decree absolute was six weeks.
2. Bennett said: "On the petition for divorce presented by Miss Heather Mills, I pronounce the decree nisi of divorce on the grounds of two years' separation.
3. The couple, who were married for almost eight years, had a "quickie divorce" last month, finalised when their decree nisi was read out in the high court.
4. A 'decree absolute' normally follows six weeks and one day from the decree nisi, completing the divorce proceedings.
5. McCartney's lawyer Fiona Shackleton made no comment as she left after the decree nisi hearing.
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