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Noun: writ of certiorari
  1. (law) a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case
    - certiorari

Derived forms: writs of certiorari

Type of: judicial writ, writ

Encyclopedia: Writ of certiorari

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