coram nobis

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.

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Meanings

nouncoram nobis (uncountable)
  1. uncountablelawA 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.

Origin

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

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APA

coram nobis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coram%20nobis

MLA

“coram nobis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coram%20nobis. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coram nobis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coram%20nobis.

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