CERTIORARI
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)
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)
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