Associations to the word «Certiorari»
Noun
- Writ
- Petition
- Denial
- Ruling
- Court
- Appeal
- Corpus
- Prohibition
- Circuit
- Plaintiff
- Dissent
- Filing
- Discretion
- Resolve
- Defendant
- Jurisdiction
- Solicitor
- Injunction
- Deni
- Judgment
- Decision
- Brief
- Issue
- Expiration
- Legality
- States
- Grant
- Case
- Justice
- Argument
- Amendment
- Conviction
- Taxpayer
- United
- Remedy
- Proceeding
- Merit
- Indictment
- Brennan
- Applicant
- Attorney
- Rejection
- Tribunal
- Bench
- Disposition
- Dismissal
- Validity
- Error
- Execution
- Review
- Behalf
- Clause
- Counsel
- Federal
- Request
Adjective
Verb
Adverb
Wiktionary
CERTIORARI, noun. (US) (legal) A grant of the right of an appeal to be heard by an appellate court where that court has discretion to choose which appeals it will hear.
CERTIORARI, noun. (British) (legal) A grant of review of a government action by a court with discretion to make such a review.
Dictionary definition
CERTIORARI, noun. A common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.