Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun writ_of_certiorari

1 sense of writ of certiorari

Sense 1
certiorari, writ of certiorari -- (a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case)
       => writ, judicial writ -- ((law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer)