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Word: Certiorari
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Law Latin, ‘to be informed’, a phrase originally occurring at the start of the writ, from certiorare ‘inform’, from certior, comparative of certus ‘certain’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌsəːtɪə(ʊ)ˈrɑːri
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a writ or order by which a higher court reviews a case tried in a lower court
Short Definition:writ or order by which higher court reviews case tried in lower court
Examples:- an order of certiorari
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