Error coram nobis

error coram nobis A writ to correct a judgment in the same court in which it was rendered, on the basis of grounds of fact.

Error coram nobis
A writ claiming previously unknown facts amounting to extraordinary error.
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Writ of error coram nobis
Definition
: a writ calling the attention of the trial court to facts which do not appear on the record despite the exercise of reasonable diligence by the defendant and which if known and established at the time a judgment ...

The first is called a writ of error coram nobis or vobis. When an issue in fact has been decided, there is not in general any appeal except by motion for a new trial; and although a matter.

In England, if the house of lords be equally divided on a writ of error, the judgment of the court below is affirmed. But in error coram nobis, no judgment can be given if the judges are equally divided, except by consent.

See also: Record, Attorn, Court, Judgment, Lawyer