Seriatim

Seriatim

Seriatim, Latin for "in series," is a legal term typically used to indicate that a court is addressing multiple issues in a certain order, such as the order that the issues were originally presented to the court.

A seriatim opinion describes an opinion delivered by a court with multiple judges, in which each judge reads his or her own opinion rather than a single judge writing an opinion on behalf of the entire court. This is a practice generally used when a case does not have a majority opinion.

Most frequently used in modern times (when used at all) pleadings as a shorthand for "one by one in sequence". For example "save as expressed admitted herein, each allegation of the plaintiffs is denied as if set out in full and traversed herein "seriatim"."

Also sometimes seen in older deeds and contracts as a more traditional way of incorporating terms of reference. For example "the railway by-laws shall apply to the contract as if set out herein "seriatim"."

Use of the word (and other Latin phrases) has become less and less frequent in legal documentation as a result of a concerted campaign by certain NGO pressure groups for "plain English" legal documentation, more readily understandable by the public.


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  • seriatim — se·ri·a·tim 1 /ˌsir ē ā təm, a , ä / adv [Medieval Latin, from Latin series succession of persons or things, series, from serere to join, bind together]: in a series: individually in a sequence we will consider the complaints seriatim seriatim 2… …   Law dictionary

  • seriatim — 1670s, from M.L. seriatim, from L. series (see SERIES (Cf. series)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Seriatim — Se ri*a tim, adv. [NL.] In regular order; one after the other; severally. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • seriatim — [sir΄ē āt′im] adv., adj. [ML < L series, based on gradatim, step by step] one after another in order; point by point; serial(ly) …   English World dictionary

  • seriatim — I. adverb Etymology: Medieval Latin, from Latin series Date: 1680 in a series II. adjective Date: 1871 following seriatim …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • seriatim — /sear ee ay tim, ser /, adv., adj. in a series; one after another. [1670 80; < ML seriatim, equiv. to seriat(us) arranged in order (see SERIES, ATE1) + im adv. suffix] * * * …   Universalium

  • seriatim — adverb /sɛ.ɹiˈɑː.tiːm,ˌsɛ.ɹɪˈeɪ.tɪm/ Point by point; taking one topic or subject at a time in an order. Seriatim, I know of no good Authority that this Adverb can claim, though it has got a Place in our Dictionaries, and School Books. See Also:… …   Wiktionary

  • seriatim —    (seh ree AH tim) [Latin] In a series; one after another.    Conservative governments in Britain have produced sex scandals seriatim, and though readers of the popular press gobbled up salacious minutiae, they seldom punished the sinners at the …   Dictionary of foreign words and phrases

  • seriatim — se•ri•a•tim [[t]ˌsɪər iˈeɪ tɪm, ˈɑ tɪm, ˌsɛr [/t]] adv. adj. in a series; one after another • Etymology: 1670–80; < ML seriātim < seriāt(us) arranged in order …   From formal English to slang

  • seriatim — adv. point by point; taking one subject etc. after another in regular order (consider seriatim). Etymology: med.L f. L series, after LITERATIM etc …   Useful english dictionary

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