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writ of certiorari
review a case at its discretion. The word certiorari comes from Law Latin and means "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 U.S. Supreme Court uses certiorari to select most of the cases it ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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writ
a court. See: writ of certiorari, writ of error, writ of habeas corpus, writ of mandamus THE LEGAL ...
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prerogative writ
corpus, and certiorari. [Last updated in July of 2021 by the Wex Definitions Team] THE LEGAL PROCESS ...
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circuit split
jurisdictions. The existence of circuit split is one of the reasons for the U.S. Supreme Court to grant certiorari ...
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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 ...
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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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Furman v. Georgia (1972)
respective cases. The Supreme Court granted certiorari limited to one question: whether imposing and ...