Espinasse's Nisi Prius Reports are nominate reports

Nominate reports

Nominate reports is a legal term from common law jurisdictions referring to the various published reports of English cases in various Courts from the Middle Ages to the 1860s when law reporting was officially taken over by the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting, for example Edmund F...

 of nisi prius

Nisi prius

Nisi prius is a historical term in English law. In the nineteenth century, it came to be used to denote generally all legal actions tried before judges of the King's Bench Division and in the early twentieth century for actions tried at assize by a judge given a commission. Used in that way, the...

 cases decided between 1793 and 1807 by Espinasse. They are in six volumes. They may be cited as "Esp.".

Accuracy

Glanville Williams said that this set of nominate reports has received more criticism related to their accuracy than any of the others.

When a case from these reports was cited before Denman C.J.

Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman

Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman PC KC was a British lawyer, judge and politician. He served as Lord Chief Justice between 1832 and 1850.-Background and education:Denman was born in London, the son of Dr Thomas Denman...

, he said:
Pollock C.B.

Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet

Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet PC , was a British lawyer and Tory politician.-Background and education:...

said that Espinasse only heard half of what went on in court and reported the other half.

When a case from these reports was cited before Maule J. he said that he did not care for Espinasse or any other ass.

Ashton said that:
and that Espinasse went down the hill as he got older.