certiorari

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
certiorari /ˌsəːtɪə(ʊ)ˈrɑːri/

▶noun Law a writ by which a higher court reviews a case tried in a lower court.

– origin ME: from Law L., ‘to be informed’, a phr. orig. occurring at the start of the writ, from certiorare ‘inform’, from certior, compar. of certus ‘certain’.

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