Certiorari (sersh-oh-rar-ee) Latin for "to be fully informed." In cases in which there is no appeal as a matter of right, ...
Certiorari definition:
A formal request to a court challenging a legal decision of an administrative tribunal, ...
Certiorari
(n) Certiorari is the order issued by an upper court based on a writ of certiorari to review the decision, ...
Certiorari
The Latin term "Certiorari" means, in a UK legal context: "a writ from a High Court to a lower Court".
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Certiorari: Procedure for removing a case from a lower court or administrative agency to a higher court for review.
Challenge for cause: A request by a party that the court excuse a specific juror on the basis that the juror is biased.
Writ of certiorari: An order issued by the Supreme Court directing the lower court to transmit records for a case for which it will hear on appeal.
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A writ of certiorari is a form of judicial review whereby a court is asked to consider a legal decision of an administrative tribunal, ...
Certiorari -A writ of review issued by a higher court to a lower court. A means of getting an appellate court to review a lower court's decision. If an appellate court grants a writ of certiorari, it agrees to take the appeal.
certiorari - See writ of certiorari.
challenge for cause - Questioning the qualifications of an entire jury panel, usually on the ground of partiality or some fault in the process of summoning the panel.
Certiorari - In connection with judicial review, one of the remedies available - to bring before the court some allegedly unlawful/arbitrary action or decision so that the court might enquire into its legal propriety and decide whether or not it ...
Certiorari: (Latin: "To be informed of.") Writ issued by a superior or higher court to a lower court requiring the lower court to produce a certified record of a case tried there so that the superior court can examine the lower court proceedings ...
Certiorari - Originally a writ from a High Court to a lower Court
Ceteris peribus - Other things being equal
Consensu - Unanimously or, by general consent ...
certiorariSee writ of certiorari.
chambersA judge's private office in the courthouse.
certiorari: 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, ...
CERTIORARI: Latin that means "to be informed of." Refers to the order a court issues so that it can review the decision and proceedings in a lower court and determine whether there were any irregularities.
Certiorari
A means of getting an appellate court to review a lower court's decision.
certiorari
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(Latin, 'to be made certain'): A legal proceeding by which an appellate court reviews the decision of a lower court or governmental agency.
CESTUI QUI TRUST (Latin): The ‘beneficiary of a trust’.
certiorari A writ calling up the records of a lower court or of a body acting in a quasi-judicial capacity (commissioners, administrative agencies, etc.), usually to correct errors or irregularities.
Certiorari (Latin):
To be informed of. Refers to the order a court issues so that it can review the decision and proceedings in a lower court and determine whether there were any irregularities.
CERTIORARI, practice. To be certified of; to be informed of. This is the name of a writ issued from a superior court directed to one of inferior jurisdiction, commanding the latter to certify and return to the former, ...
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A form of writ (q.v.) by which actions for review of administrative decisions are commenced in the Supreme Court.
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Certiorari
Definition - Noun
[Medieval Latin certiorari (volumus) (we wish) to be informed (words used in the Latin texts of such writs)] ...
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A lawsuit is a civil action brought before a court of law in which a plaintiff, a party who claims to have received damages from a defendant's actions, seeks a legal or equitable remedy.
Writ of Certiorari A writ ordering certification (i.e., examination) of the rulings of a lower court during proceedings at the trial level.
A bill of certiorari, is one praying the writ of certiorari to remove a cause from an inferior court of equity. The requisites of this bill are that it state, 1st. the proceedings in the inferior court; 2d.
Certiorari(see Prerogative Writs)Change of Name ActOntario statute that governs how a person's name can be legally changed.Character Evidence(see Evidence)ChargeA formal accusation of an offence as a preliminary step to prosecution.
Certiorari: Form of judicial review whereby a court is asked to set aside the decision of an administrative tribunal, judicial officer or public organisation.
Can be a writ of: (1) attachment-an order to attach specified property; (2) certiorari-an order by an appellate court granting or denying a review of judgment; (3) execution-an order to enforce a court judgment; ...
The powers to review administrative decisions are usually established by statute, but were originally developed from the royal prerogative writs of English law, such as the writ of mandamus and the writ of certiorari.
proceedings commenced by petition, such as divorce suits and bankruptcy and winding-up matters, as well as criminal proceedings in the High Court or applications for the issue of the writs of mandamus, prohibition, habeas corpus or certiorari.
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