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pro tem adv or adj: pro tempore— often styled with a terminal period in legal contextsJustice pro tem.
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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abbrv.Pro tempore.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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Temporarily or for the time being. A judge pro tem normally refers to a judge who is sitting temporarily for another judge or to an attorney who has been appointed to serve as a judge as a substitute for a regular judge.Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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adj./adv./n., Latin For the time being. A temporary position or appointment. Abbr. of pro tempore.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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(Latin: For the time being.)An abbreviation used for pro tempore, Latin for "temporary or provisional."
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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[Latin, For the time being.] An abbreviation used for pro tempore, Latin for "temporary or provisional."
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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1) adj. short for the Latin pro tempore, temporarily or for the time being. In law, judge pro tem normally refers to a judge who is sitting temporarily for another judge or to an attorney who has been appointed to serve as a judge as a substitute for a regular judge. When an appeals justice is not available or there is a vacancy, a lower court judge is appointed Justice Pro Tem until a new Justice is appointed. Small claims cases are often heard by an attorney serving as Judge Pro Tem.2) n. short for a temporary judge as "Sam Collins is Pro Tem today."
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.
