writ of certiorari

1. 1.

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

   Synonymscertiorari

   Broaderwrit

   law

Questions about writ of certiorari

What does writ of certiorari mean?

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

What is another word for writ of certiorari?

Close synonyms include certiorari. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is writ of certiorari a common word?

writ of certiorari is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.