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Noun: certiorari  ,sur-shee-u'reh-ree
  1. (law) a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case
    - writ of certiorari

Derived forms: certioraris

Type of: judicial writ, writ

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