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Certiorari

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Writ of certiorari

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King's Bench

high. It kept all inferior jurisdictions within the bounds of their authority, and might either, by writ of certiorari, remove their proceedings to be determined here, or, by writ of prohibition, prohibit their progress below. It superintended

High Steward, Court of the Lord

or at the assizes before a judge of oyer and terminer, it is removed by a writ of certiorari into the Court of the Lord High Steward, which alone has power to determine it. The sovereign, in

Writ

writs in actions see EXECUTION, ELEGIT, FIERI FACIAS, POSSESSION, and VENDITIONI EXPONAS. For writs not in actions, see CERTIORARI, MANDAMUS, PROHIBITION, and QUO WARRANTO. A court's written order, in the name of a state or other competent

Mandamus

(English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 45 (1)] Means a command. It differs from the writs of prohibition or certiorari in its demand for some activity on the part of the body or person to whom it is

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