coram nobis

American  

[kawr-am noh-bis, kohr-am] / ˈkɔr æm ˈnoʊ bɪs, ˈkoʊr æm /

noun

Law.

1. a writ to correct an injury caused by a mistake of the court.

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Etymology

Origin of coram nobis

< Latin: before us

Example Sentences

The coram nobis cases never reached the Supreme Court because the plaintiffs won at lower levels.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2016

They succeeded using a legal procedure called the writ of coram nobis, the equivalent of the judiciary admitting a serious mistake.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2016

For a defendant who has served the entire sentence, a court can issue a writ of error coram nobis, which removes a conviction as a result of a change in the facts or the law.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2014

In the first case, the Supreme Court concurred in the judgment of the Florida appellate court denying a petition for leave to apply to a trial court for a writ of coram nobis.

From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Corwin, Edward Samuel

The earliest royal writ, summoning a provincial synod, is dated Nov. 24, 1282, and calling them to meet at Northampton: "Venire ... coram nobis apud Northampton."

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 102, October 11, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various