Audita querela


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Au`di´ta que`re´la


1.(Law) A writ which lies for a party against whom judgment is recovered, but to whom good matter of discharge has subsequently accrued which could not have been availed of to prevent such judgment.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Similarly, I avoid discussion of the writ of audita querela, a close cousin of the bill of review.
The modification of decrees in the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
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Writs of coram nobis, coram vobis, audita querela, and bills of review and bills in the nature of a bill of review, are abolished, and the procedure for obtaining any relief from a judgment shall be by motion as prescribed in these rules or by an independent action.
110th Congress the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2008, [section] 1083

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