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noun
A grant of the right of an appeal to be heard by an appellate court where that court has discretion to choose which appeals it will hear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: law
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A grant of review of a government action by a court with discretion to make such a review.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Topics: law
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noun
a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: writ of certiorari
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: writ, judicial writ
History
From the present passive infinitive of Latin certiōrō (“to make certain”), from the words used at the beginning of these writs when they were written in Latin: certiorārī volumus (“[we] wish to be made certain”).
