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per incuriam

adverb

used to describe a legal decision that has been given without reference to a statutory provision or earlier judgment that would have been relevant to the caseThe court is not bound to follow a decision of its own if it is satisfied that the decision was given per incuriam eg where a statute or a rule having statutory effect which would have affected the decision was not brought to the attention of the earlier court.