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Certiorari

//ˌsɝʃəˈɹɛəɹaɪ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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. US
  2. 2
    a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case wordnet
  3. 3
    A grant of review of a government action by a court with discretion to make such a review. British

Etymology

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”).

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