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.