writ of certiorari
Noun
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A common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case (synset 106565622)
referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authorityis a type of: judicial writ, writ - (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officersame as: certiorari
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