writ of certiorari
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)
Definitions from Case Law
From 202 U.S. 132 - Whitney v. George Dick · 1906Most cited · 174 citing opinions
[the writ of certiorari] was used by this court as an auxiliary process only, to supply imperfections in the record of a case already before it; and not, like a writ of error, to review the judgment of an inferior court. ... whenever the circumstances imperatively demand that form of interposition, the writ may be allowed as at common law, to correct excesses of jurisdiction and in furtherance of justice.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A writ whose object is to bring up the record of a pro-
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
See Certiorari.