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SED PER CURIAM Definition & Legal Meaning

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Lat. But by the court —- . This phrase is used in the reports to introduce a statement made by the court, on the argument, at variance with the propositions advanced by counsel, or the opinion of the whole court, where that is different from the opinion of a single judge immediately before quoted.

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