Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary
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- Pro Tem
- 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.


