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certiorari

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
13
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˌsɝʃəˈɹɛəɹaɪ/
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/ˌsɝʃəˈɹɛəɹaɪ/ · /ˌsɝʃəˈɹɛəɹi/ · /ˌsɝʃəˈɹɑɹi/ · /ˌsɜːʃəˈɹɛəɹaɪ/ · /ˌsɜːʃəˈɹɛəɹi/ · /ˌsɜːʃəˈɹɑːɹi/

Definition of certiorari

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US)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.
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noun

  1. (US)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.
  2. (British)A grant of review of a government action by a court with discretion to make such a review.

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Etymology

From the present passive infinitive of Latin certiōrō (“to make certain”), from the words used at the beginning of these writs when they were written in Latin: certiorārī volumus (“[we] wish to be made certain”).

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