certiorari : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: certiorari	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
certiorari n a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case Synonym(s): certiorari, writ of certiorari
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Certiorari \Cer`tiora"ri\, n. [So named from the emphatic word certiorari in the Latin form of the writ, which read certiorar volumus we wish to be certified.] (Law) A writ issuing out of chancery, or a superior court, to call up the records of a inferior court, or remove a cause there depending, in order that the party may have more sure and speedy justice, or that errors and irregularities may be corrected. It is obtained upon complaint of a party that he has not received justice, or can not have an impartial trial in the inferior court. Note: A certiorari is the correct process to remove the proceedings of a court in which cases are tried in a manner different from the course of the common law, as of county commissioners. It is also used as an auxiliary process in order to obtain a full return to some other process. --Bouvier.