certiorari

Meaning

1. (US) 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.
2. (British) A grant of review of a government action by a court with discretion to make such a review.

Synonyms

writ of certiorari

asylum

protection

shelter

shield

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Translations

الأمر القضائيّ

abric

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resguard

Asyl

Obdach

Schutz

στέγαση

abri

asile

refuge

protezione

rifugio

riparo

asiel

abric

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌsɝʃəˈɹɛɹaɪ/

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”).