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writ of error

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writ of error
n. pl. writs of error
A writ commissioning an appellate court to review the proceedings of another court and correct the judgment given if deemed necessary.
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Noun1.writ of error - a judicial writ from an appellate court ordering the court of record to produce the records of trial
judicial writ, writ - (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
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American courts have adopted this common law writ, which has been defined as "a discretionary writ issued by an appellate court to a lower court in cases where an appeal or writ of error was unavailable, directing that the record of the lower court be provided for review to determine whether the lower court has exceeded its jurisdiction or not proceeded according to law.
Second-tier certiorari standard of review under Florida Law: a ... by Eichhorn, Cory W. / Florida Bar Journal
No law constrained members of a Freedmen's Bureau court-martial from exacting any penalty they decided, and no appeal to their sentence was allowed, no writ of error in any court of law.
Andrew Johnson, unreconstructed: President Andrew Johnson steadfastly ... by Dwyer, John J. / The New American
Supreme Court on a writ of error to determine whether a governor of a state may constitutionally seize a person and render that person to a foreign country (39 U.
The law: "extraordinary rendition" and presidential fiat by Weaver, William G.; Pallitto, Robert M. / Presidential Studies Quarterly
 
 
 
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