1. A writ of error directed to a court other than the King’s Bench, esp. the Court of Common Pleas, to review its judgment.
“Certain errors in the process of the court, committed by the defaults of the clerks, or as to matters of fact, could be remedied by the court itself. The writ issued for this purpose was called a writ of error ‘coram vobis’ if the error was in the Common Pleas; ‘coram nobis’ if it was in the King’s Bench.” 1 William Holdsworth, A History of English Law 224 (7th ed. 1956).
2. A writ of error sent by an appellate court to a trial court to review the trial court’s judgment based on an error of fact.
— Also termed writ of error coram vobis; writ of coram vobis. [Cases: Courts 207. 1.]
