n. (sersh-oh-rare-ee) a writ (order) of a higher court to a lower...

a writ or order by which a higher court reviews a case tried in a lower courta writ of certiorari

legal Latin, "to be certified, to be informed or shown," from a word figuring in the opening phrase of such writs from superior to inferior courts seeking the records of a case. Passive pres [..]

a proceeding in the state Supreme Court under Art. 78 of the CPLR to review the decisions or actions of a public official or body, as in a tax certiorari matter, a review of the tax assessed challenge [..]

(sersh-oh-rar-ee) Latin for "to be fully informed." In cases in which there is no appeal as a matter of right, certiorari is a writ (order) by the appeals court to a lower court to send all [..]

[Medieval Latin certiorari (volumus) (we wish) to be informed (words used in the Latin texts of such writs)] : an extraordinary writ issued by a superior court (as the Supreme Court) to call up the .. [..]

A writ of certiorari is an order a higher court issues in order to review the decision and proceedings in a lower court and determine whether there were any irregularities. When a court issues a writ [..]

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

A means of getting an appellate court to review a lower court’s decision when it is not required to do so. If an appellate court grants a writ of certiorari, it agrees to take the appeal. This is ofte [..]

The process by which an appellate court calls for the records of a case from a lower court for review.

Order to a lower court to deliver the record of a case to an appellate court.

Literally, "to be more fully informed." A method of procedure to get an appellate court to review a lower court's decision or asking a court to review the decision of a gover [..]

See writ of certiorari

a legal process used to remove a case from one court to another (usually a lower jurisdiction to a higher)

an “extraordinary remedy” used by a superior court to quash or cancel an order or decision made without jurisdiction by a lower court or tribunal.

The process by which an appellate court calls for the records of a case from a lower court for review.

A means of getting an appellate court to review a lower court’s decision. The loser of a case will often ask the appellate court to issue a writ of certiorari, which orders the lower court to convey the record of the case to the appellate court and to certify it as accurate and complete. If an appellate court grants a writ of certiorari, it agrees [..]

n. (sersh-oh-rare-ee) a writ (order) of a higher court to a lower court to send all the documents in a case to it so the higher court can review the lower court's decision. Certiorari is most com [..]

A type of writ, an “extraordinary remedy” used by a superior court to quash or cancel an order or decision made without jurisdiction by a lower court or tribunal.

see Writ of certiorari.

an order by a higher court directing a lower court, tribunal, or public authority to send the record in a given case for review.  This is mostly used in regards to the U.S. Supreme Court granting a petitioner the right to have their case heard before the court.