Coram Vobis

A writ of error on judgments of other courts than the king's bench. 2 Tidd, Prac. 1056, 1137. So called because the record was stated to remain "before you," i. e., before the justices of king's bench. In Modern Practice. A writ of error for a review in a higher court than that alleged to have committed error.

A writ of error directed to the same court which tried the cause, to correct an error in fact. Bridendolph v. Zellers' Ex'rs, 3 Md. 325; 3 Steph. Com. 642. If a judgment in the King's Bench be erroneous in matter of fact only, and not in point of law, it may be reversed in the same court by writ of error coram nobis (before us), or quae coram nobis residant; so called from its being founded on the record and process, which are stated in the writ to remain in the court of the king before the king himself. But if the error be in the judgment itself, and not in the process, a writ of error does not lie in the same court upon such judgment. 1 Rolle, Abr. 746. In the Common Pleas, the record and proceedings being stated to remain before the king's justices, the writ is called a writ of error coram vobis (before you) or qucs corain vobis residant. 3 Chit. Bla. Com. 406, n.

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.

Defined under Coram in Black's Law Dictionary.

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,

Lat. (Before you.)

In English practice. A name given to writs of error on judgments of other courts than the King's (or Queen's) Bench; especially the court of Common Pleas. See Coram nobis. A writ of this kind lies to the Common Pleas to correct its own judgments; as for errors in fact. 2 Tidd's Pr. 113Y, 1142, 1143.