audita querela
noun
au·di·ta que·re·la
au̇¦dētəkwəˈrālə
: 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
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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