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coram nobis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables
coram no-bis
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of legal order allowing a court to correct its original judgment upon discovery of a fundamental error which did not appear in the records of the original judgment's proceedings and would have prevented the judgment from being pronounced.

Uncountable

Etymology

A shortening of the Latin quae coram nobis resident ("which [things] remain in our presence").

Usage

Questions

What does coram nobis mean?
A kind of legal order allowing a court to correct its original judgment upon discovery of a fundamental error which did not appear in the records of the original judgment's proceedings and would have prevented the judgment from being pronounced.
Where does coram nobis come from?
A shortening of the Latin quae coram nobis resident ("which [things] remain in our presence").

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