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per curiam

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English

Syllables
per cu-ri-am
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

An opinion delivered by an entire court rather than a single judge.

Etymology

Latin per (“by means of”) curiam (“the court”)

Questions

What does per curiam mean?
An opinion delivered by an entire court rather than a single judge.
Where does per curiam come from?
Latin per (“by means of”) curiam (“the court”)

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