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 […]