writ of certiorari

Questions about writ of certiorari

What is another word for writ of certiorari?

It depends which writ of certiorari you mean. In the sense “a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case”, the synonyms are certiorari. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of writ of certiorari?

WordNet records no antonym for writ of certiorari. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for writ of certiorari come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of writ of certiorari

• Full entry for writ of certiorariAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for writ of certiorariWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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