Coram

Lat Before; in presence of. Applied to persons only. Townsh. PL 22.

— Coram domino rege. Before our lord the king. Coram domino rege ubicumque tunc fuerit Anglue, before our lord the king wherever he shall then, be in England.

— Coram ipso rege. Before the king himself. The old name of the court of king's bench, which was originally held bsfore the king in person. 3 Bl. Comm. 41.

— Coram nobis. Before us ourselves, (the king, i. e., in the king's or queen's bench.) Applied to writs of error directed to another branch of the same court, e. g., from the full bench to the court at nisi prius. 1 Archb. Pr. K. B. 234.

— Coram non judice. In presence of a person not a judge. When a suit is brought and determined in a court which has no jurisdiction in the matter, then it is said to be coram non judice, and the judgment is void. Manufacturing Co. v. Holt, 51 W. Va. 352, 41 S. E. 351.

— Coram paribus. Before the peers or freeholders. The attestation of deeds, like ali other solemn transactions, was originally done only coram paribus. 2 Bl. Comm. 307. Coram paribus de vicineto, before the peers or freeholders of the neighborhood. Id. 3l5. Coram sectatoribus. Before the suit-ora. Cro. Jac. 582.

— Coram vobis. Before you. A writ of error directed by a court of review to the court which tried the cause, to correct an error in fact. 3 Md. 325 ; 3 Steph. Comm. 642.

I. Before; in presence of. Applied to persons only. Coram nobis: before us; the name of a writ of error where proceedings of a court are to be reviewed by itself. Coram non judice: before onewho is not a judge, or who has not jurisdiction. Sometimes applied to proceedings even in a court having jurisdiction, where they become void by irregularity. Coram paribus: before the peers or freeholders; — de vicineto: before the peers or freeholders of the neighborhood. Coram sectatoribus: before the suitors. Coram Tobis: before you; the name of a writ of error to review proceedings of another court In English law. Coram domino rege ubicuuque tunc faerit Angliee: before our lord the king, wl^erever he shall then be in England. Coram ipso rege: before the king himself, — i. e. before the court of King's Bench, which was originally held before the king in person. the name given to writs of error on judgments of other courts than the King's Bench, especially the court of Common Pleas.

Lat. Before; in presence of. Applied to persons only. Townsh, Pl. 22,

Before; in the presence of. Coram nobis. Before us. Coram vobis. Before you. Designate, the first, a writ of error designed to review proceedings before the same court which is alleged to have committed the error; and the second, a writ for a review by a higlier court. See further Error, 3. Coram non judiee. Before one not a judge; by a court without jurisdiction. See further Judex, Coram.

Lat. Before; in presence of. Applied to persons only. Towns, PL 22. Brevia coram rege, vel coram jusii Hariis de banco, vel coram justitiariis itinerantibus; writs before the king, or before the justices of the bench, or before the justices itinerant. Stat, Marlbr. c. 5.