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1. writ of certiorari

   The word  certiorari   comes from  Law Latin, meaning "to be more fully informed." ... A writ of certiorari orders a lower court to deliver its record in a case so that the higher court may ... review it. The writ of certiorari is a  common law  writ, which may be abrogated or controlled entirely ...

2. certiorari

   Overview Certiorari simply defined is a “writ” by which a higher court (such as an appellate ... a matter of right. In these instances, the party may only appeal by filing a writ of certiorari. If a court ... grants the writ of certiorari, then that court will hear that case.  United States Supreme Court ...

3. Income Tax

   unconstitutional under Article 1, Section 9. As such, the Supreme Court  granted certiorari  to hear this issue in  ... Court Sixteenth Amendment Congress constitutional amendment certiorari ...

4. petition for certiorari

   Petition for certiorari refers to a petition that asks an appellate court to grant a writ of ... certiorari. This type of petition usually argues that a lower court has incorrectly decided an important ... the filing of a petition for certiorari does not automatically stay proceedings in a lower court and ...

5. circuit split

   jurisdictions. The existence of circuit split is one of the reasons for the U.S. Supreme Court to grant  certiorari ...

6. prerogative writ

   habeas corpus, and certiorari. [Last updated in July of 2021 by the Wex Definitions Team] THE LEGAL ...

7. writ

   Supreme Court uses the writ of certiorari to review cases from federal courts or state courts. A writ of ... duties or acts. For more information, see:  writ of certiorari writ of error writ of habeas corpus writ ...

8. death row

   Lackey, the Supreme Court denied certiorari to a defendant who claimed his 17 years on death row violated the  ... deny certiorari in subsequent cases, including  Foster v. Florida, 537 U.S. 990 (2002)  (27 years on ...

9. writ of error

   certiorari was largely a pathway to a writ of error. The core difference between the two writs was that the ... writ of error limited review to legal questions whereas the writ of certiorari gave the court power to ...

10. Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (2000)

    certiorari,  reversed  the lower court, holding that BSA had the freedom to express its views under the First ...

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