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1 Certiorari -- rank: 1000
Certiorari definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CERTIORARI, n. A writ issuing out of Chancery, Kings Bench or ... inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case [syn: certiorari, writ of certiorari] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, literally ... of an action of a lower court. The writ of certiorari was originally a writ from England's Court of Queen ... to include the equity (chancery) courts. In the U.S., certiorari is the most common way to have a case ...
2 writ of certiorari -- rank: 935
writ of certiorari definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a common ... inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case [syn: certiorari, writ of certiorari] Merriam Webster's Date: circa 1532 certiorari
3 Appeal -- rank: 335
... cajolery, call, call for help, call on, call upon, captivation, certiorari, chaplet, charisma, charm, charmingness, clamor, clamor for, collect, come-hither ... appetite, winning ways, winningness, winsomeness, witchcraft, witchery, wooing, writ of certiorari, writ of error
4 Garnishment -- rank: 212
... 4. Moby Thesaurus adjunct, adornment, angary, annexation, annexure, arrangement, attachment, certiorari, citation, collectivization, color, color patterns, commandeering, communalization, communization, confiscation, decor ...
5 Sassarara -- rank: 212
... Sassarara Sas`sa*ra"ra, n. [Perh. a corruption of certiorari, the name of a writ.] A word used to emphasize ...
6 subpoena -- rank: 212
... call forth, call in, call out, call together, call up, certiorari, citation, cite, conjure, conjure up, convene, convoke, demand, evoke, garnishment ...
7 Summons -- rank: 212
... out, call together, call up, call-up, calling, calling forth, certiorari, citation, cite, compulsory military service, conjure, conjure up, conscription, convene ...
8 Citation -- rank: 212
... Thesaurus accolade, acknowledgment, assault, attack, award, by-line, case, censure, certiorari, confession, credit line, cross reference, demonstration, eulogy, example, exemplification, garnishment ...
9 Procedendo -- rank: 212
... insufficient grounds from an inferior to a superior court by certiorari, or otherwise, is sent down again to the same court ...
10 pone -- rank: 212
... a) An original writ, now superseded by the writ of certiorari, for removing a case from an inferior court into the ...
11 Monition -- rank: 212
... admonition, advice, advising, advocacy, alarm, alerting, briefing, caution, cautioning, caveat, certiorari, citation, clue, consultation, council, counsel, cue, determent, deterrence, deterrent example ...
12 venire -- rank: 212
... to appear. Called also venire. Moby Thesaurus blue-ribbon jury, certiorari, citation, country, garnishment, grand jury, habeas corpus, hung jury, impanelment ...