certiorari

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

Etymology

From the present passive infinitive of Latin certiōrō (“to make certain”), from the words used at the beginning of these writs when they were written in Latin: certiorārī volumus (“[we] wish to be made certain”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

writ of certiorari

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