Meaning & use
Coram
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A Latin term meaning "in the presence of," used in English chiefly in fixed legal phrases.
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The case is remembered by its Latin title, involving a writ of error coram nobis.
The hearing took place coram judice, formally before a properly constituted court.
A note on using this word
"Coram" survives in English almost exclusively within a handful of inherited Latin legal phrases rather than as a freestanding word.
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