per curiam
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of per curiam
< Medieval Latin: literally, through the court
Example Sentences
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The court’s opinion was an unsigned per curiam, which means no single justice has authorship.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024
The court issued a two-part per curiam opinion on the case.
From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021
In a per curiam opinion with no noted dissents, the justices instead charted a middle course.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2018
The per curiam decision said that Arkansas’s justices had failed to properly apply the court’s landmark decision that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, Obergefell v.
From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2017
Item qualitercumque placitum terminetur in curia sive in deficiendo in lege vadiata sive per non defensionem dampna sunt semper taxanda per curiam ...
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
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