CERTIORARI

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case

Synonyms:

certiorari; writ of certiorari

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("certiorari" is a kind of...):

judicial writ; writ ((law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)