CERTIORARI, noun A writ issuing out of Chancery, Kings Bench or other superior court, to call up the records of an inferior court, or remove a cause there depending, that it may be tried in the superior court. This writ is obtained upon complaint of a party, that he has not received justice, or that he cannot have an impartial trial, in the inferior court.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI