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per curiam

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[per kyoor-ee-am] / pər ˈkyʊər iˌæm /

adverb

Law.
  1. (of an opinion or decision) by the court as a whole rather than in the name of a particular judge.

    a judgment rendered per curiam.


Etymology

Origin of per curiam

< Medieval Latin: literally, through the court

Example Sentences

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She wrote a separate concurrence that joined only that part of the per curiam that addresses Colorado and noted that she would have gone no further.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024

The court issued a two-part per curiam opinion on the case.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

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

The court issued an unsigned per curiam opinion, so Justice Ginsburg didn’t reveal her personal leanings, but her participation signals she’s not likely to step aside.

From Washington Times • Jun. 28, 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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