certiorari
noun/ˌsɜːʃiəˈreəraɪ/
/ˌsɜːrʃiəˈreri/
[uncountable] (law)- a court order by which a case tried in a lower court is reviewed in a higher court
- an application for an order of certiorari
Word Originlate Middle English: from Law Latin, ‘to be informed’, a phrase originally occurring at the start of the writ, from certiorare ‘inform’, comparative of certus ‘certain’.
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