Board

Definition - Noun
often cap 1 a  : a group of individuals having managerial, supervisory, investigatory, or advisory powers over a public or private business, trust, or other organization or institution <Board of Regents> <Board of Bar Overseers>
b  : See also board of directors
2 a  : a group of citizens elected to administer the business of or an aspect of the business of a political unit (as a town or county) <a ~ of selectmen>
b  : a federal, state, or local government agency
see also National Labor Relations Board in the Important Agencies section
3  : a securities or commodities exchange
see also board of trade



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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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