To grant a writ of certiorari, a legal order from a higher court requesting records from a lower court for review.
From the Latin phrase 'certiorari' (meaning 'to be informed'), derived from 'certior' (more certain) and 'arare' (to make). This is specific legal terminology from the English common law tradition.
Certiorari is the mechanism by which cases reach the U.S. Supreme Court—only about 70 cases per year are 'certiorated' out of thousands of petitions, making it an intensely competitive legal process.
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