Coram Nobis
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A writ of error on a judgment in the king's bench is called a coram nobis, before us. So called because the record and proceedings were stated in the writ to remain "before us."
1 Archb. Prac. 234.
In Modern Practice. A writ of error for a review before the same court which is alleged to have committed the error. The writ of error coram, nobis has been quite largely supplanted, under statutes, in most states, errors of fact being now reviewable on motion.