certiorari

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certiorari

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”).

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Hyphenation: cer‧tio‧ra‧ri

certiorari (plural certioraris)

(US, law) A grant of the right of an appeal to be heard by an appellate court where that court has discretion to choose which appeals it will hear.
(British, law) A grant of review of a government action by a court with discretion to make such a review.

Form of the verb certiōrō.

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ker.ti.oːˈraː.riː/, [kɛrt̪ioːˈräːriː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃer.t͡si.oˈra.ri/, [t͡ʃert̪͡s̪ioˈräːri]