Audita querela

Audita querela (Latin for "hear the complaint") is 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.

References

• Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

• "Audita Querela: A Guide to Resources in the Law Library"

http://www.jud.ct.gov/LawLib/Notebooks/Pathfinders/Audita1.PDF