CERTIORARI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does certiorari mean? 

• CERTIORARI (noun)
  The noun CERTIORARI has 1 sense:

1. a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case

  Familiarity information: CERTIORARI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CERTIORARI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

certiorari; writ of certiorari

Hypernyms ("certiorari" is a kind of...):

judicial writ; writ ((law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)