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Certiorari

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(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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Certiorari'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/certiorari.html. 1828.
 
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