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n. A writ from a higher court to a lower one requesting a transcript of the proceedings of a case for review.

n. 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.

n. A grant of review of a government action by a court with discretion to make such a review.

n. A writ issuing out of chancery, or a superior court, to call up the records of a inferior court, or remove a cause there depending, in order that the party may have more sure and speedy justice, or that errors and irregularities may be corrected. It is obtained upon complaint of a party that he has not received justice, or can not have an impartial trial in the inferior court.

n. In law, a writ issuing from a superior court to call up the record of a proceeding in an inferior court or before any body or officer exercising judicial power, that it may be tried or reviewed in the superior court.

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

"The 8th Circuit's decision on the Federal Partial Birth Abortion statute, on which the Supreme Court has accepted certiorari, is a far better vehicle for undermining the doctrinal foundations of Roe and Casey through a series of doctrinal distinctions."

judicial writ    writ   

cert    cert pool   

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