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audita querela

noun
au·​di·​ta que·​re·​la | \ au̇¦dētəkwəˈrālə\

Definition of audita querela

: a largely disused or abolished common-law writ lying for a party against whom judgment is recovered but to whom facts constituting a good basis for discharge have subsequently accrued or become possible that could not have been availed of to prevent such judgment

First Known Use of audita querela

1700, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for audita querela

Latin, the complaint having been heard

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