Ignoramus Definition
(law, dated) A grand jury's ruling on an indictment when the evidence is determined to be insufficient to send the case to trial.
Other Word Forms of Ignoramus
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Origin of Ignoramus
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After the ignorant lawyer Ignoramus, the titular character in the 1615 play Ignoramus by the English playwright Georges Ruggle; from Latin ignōrāmus (“we do not know, we are ignorant of”), the first-person plural present active indicative of īgnōrō (“I do not know, I am unacquainted with, I am ignorant of”).
From Wiktionary
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From New Latin ignōrāmus a grand jury's endorsement upon a bill of indictment when evidence is deemed insufficient to send the case to a trial jury from Latin we do not know first person pl. present tense of ignōrāre to be ignorant ignore
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Directly from Latin ignōrāmus (“we do not know”).
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