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Decree nunc pro tunc

Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court

Definitions from Case Law

From 223 U.S. 376 - Cuebas v. Cuebas · 1912Most cited · 14 citing opinions

Such a decree presupposes a decree allowed, or ordered, but not entered, through inadvertence of the court; or a decree in a cause which is under advisement when the death of a party occurs.

How often courts cite the case defining “Decree nunc pro tunc”

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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Decree nunc pro tunc” — 55 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.