Definitions for certiorari

certiorari cer·ti·o·ra·ri

Spelling: [sur-shee-uh-rair-ahy, -rair-ee]
IPA: /ˌsɜr ʃi əˈrɛər aɪ, -ˈrɛər i/

Certiorari is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 310 anagrams from letters in certiorari (aceiiorrrt).

Definitions for certiorari

noun

  1. a writ issuing from a superior court calling up the record of a proceeding in an inferior court for review.

Origin of certiorari

1515-25; Latin: to be informed, certified, literally, made surer, passive infinitive of certiōrāre to inform, verbal derivative of certior, comparative of certus sure (see Examples for certiorari

Under certain conditions, if the defendant's hardship could be definitely shown, a writ of certiorari and supersedeas might issue.

The obvious resource, therefore, was to obtain a writ of certiorari removing our indictment to the superior court.

certiorari—To order the record from an inferior to a superior court.

No informations are to be quashed for informality, or to be removed by certiorari into the Court of Queen's Bench.

Its original jurisdiction consists in issuing writs of mandamus, certiorari, prohibition, and habeas corpus.

An appeal from the jurisdiction of the courts lies by way of certiorari.

But we need not go further into the rather technical question of the scope of certiorari in this kind of case.

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