CORAM NOBIS

coram nobis

coram nobis (kor-[schwa]m noh-bis). [Latin “before us”] Hist. 1. A writ of error taken from a judgment of the King’s Bench. • “Before us” refers to the sovereign, in contrast to the writ coram vobis (“before you”), which refers to any court other than King’s Bench, esp. the Court of Common Pleas. 2. A writ […]

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coram nobis

coram nobis 〈拉〉本法院纠错令状 该词的本义是「在我们自己面前」。在英格兰古法中,指在王座法庭纠正已判决案件存在事实上的错误的令状,与要求王座法庭以外的其他法庭(尤其指民诉法庭〔Court of Common Pleas〕)纠正错误的令状〔coram vobis〕相对。后也指要求纠正本法院所作判决存在的事实上的错误的令状。所指事实上的错误通常指在诉讼中未提出某事实,但被告对此并不存在疏忽,而是由于存在欺诈、胁迫或其他可免责的错误,如果在诉讼中该事实得到确认,法庭就不会作出此判决。也称作「writ of error coram nobis」或「writ of coram nobis」。美国《联邦民事诉讼规则》〔Federal Rules of Civil Procedure〕已废除了此种令状。

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