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Certiorari

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

A writ issuing out of chancery or a superior court to call up the records of a inferior court or remove a cause there depending in order that the party may have more sure and speedy justice or that errors and irregularities may be corrected It is obtained upon complaint of a party that he has not received justice or can not have an impartial trial in the inferior court

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