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Sed Per Curiam

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Abbott (1879)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat. But by the court. This phrase is used in the reports to introduce a statement made by the court, on the argument, at varlanco with the propositions advanced by counsel, or the opinion of the whole court, where that ls different from the opinion of a single judge immediately before quoted.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

But by the court. An expression sometimes used in reports, after stating remarks of a single judge, to introduce the opinion of the court.