Bill in the nature of a bill of review

Definition
: an equitable bill seeking to have a court decree set aside that is brought by someone who was not a party to the original suit usu. before the decree is entered in the record
compare bill of review in this entry
Bills in the nature of a bill of review were abolished in federal practice by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b).



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writ of error coram nobis

a writ calling the attention of the trial court to facts which do not appear on the record despite the exercise of reasonable diligence by the defendant and which if known and established at the time a judgment was rendered would have resulted in a different judgment


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