Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
bill of certiorari.
A bill in equity seeking removal of an action to a higher court. See CERTIORARI.
certiorari
[Law Latin "to be more fully informed"] An extraordinary writ issued by an appellate court, at its discretion, directing a lower court to deliver the record in the case for review. ( The U.S. Supreme Court uses certiorari to review most of the cases that it decides to hear. - Abbr. cert. - Also termed writ of certiorari. Cf. CERTIFICATION (5)."The established method by which the Court of King's Bench from the earliest times exercised superintendence over the due observance of their limitations by inferior courts, checked the usurpation of jurisdiction, and maintained the supremacy of the royal
certiorari facias
[Latin "cause to be certified"] Thecommand of a writ of certiorari, referring to certification of the court record for review.
writ of certiorari
See CERTIORARI