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Noun: writ of error
  1. (law) a judicial writ from an appellate court ordering the court of record to produce the records of trial
    "The defence attorney filed a writ of error to challenge the lower court's decision"

Derived forms: writs of error

Type of: judicial writ, writ

Encyclopedia: Writ of error