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sed per curiam

sed per curiam (sed p[schwa]r kyoor-ee-[schwa]m). [Latin] But by the court. • This phrase is used to introduce: (1) a statement made by the court disagreeing with counsel’s arguments; or (2) the opinion of the whole court when different from the opinion of the single judge immediately before quoted.

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per curiam

per curiam (p[schwa]r kyoor-ee-[schwa]m), adv. & adj.[Latin] By the court as a whole. [Cases: Courts 107. C.J.S. Courts §§ 165, 175; Criminal Law § 1665.] per curiam, n. See per curiam opinion under OPINION(1).

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per incuriam

per incuriam (p[schwa]r in-kyoor-ee-[schwa]m), adj. (Of a judicial decision) wrongly decided, usu. because the judge or judges were ill-informed about the applicable law. “There is at least one exception to the rule of stare decisis. I refer to judgments rendered per incuriam. A judgment per incuriam is one which has been rendered inadvertently. Two examples

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