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coram judice

American  
[kawr-am joo-di-see, kohr-am] / ˈkɔr æm ˈdʒu dɪˌsi, ˈkoʊr æm /

adverb

Law.

  1. before a court having the authority to hear and decide (the case in question).

Etymology

Origin of coram judice

1600–10; < Latin: in the presence of a judge

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Procrastinatio longa et inexplicabilis divortii petendi, et etiam inscitia culpabilis impotentiae consortis divortium impossibile coram judice civili reddunt.

From Project Gutenberg

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