"certiorari" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌsɝʃəˈɹɛəɹaɪ/ [General-American], /ˌsɝʃəˈɹɛəɹi/ [General-American], /ˌsɝʃəˈɹɑɹi/ [General-American], /ˌsɜːʃəˈɹɛəɹaɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌsɜːʃəˈɹɛəɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌsɜːʃəˈɹɑːɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: certioraris [plural]
Etymology: From the present passive infinitive of Latin certiōrō (“to make certain”), from the words used at the beginning of these writs when they were written in Latin: certiorārī volumus (“[we] wish to be made certain”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|certiōrō|t=to make certain}} Latin certiōrō (“to make certain”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} certiorari (plural certioraris)
  1. (US, law) A grant of the right of an appeal to be heard by an appellate court where that court has discretion to choose which appeals it will hear. Tags: US Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-certiorari-en-noun-dIA6zsBA Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16 Topics: law
  2. (British, law) A grant of review of a government action by a court with discretion to make such a review. Tags: British Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-certiorari-en-noun-ol8J5d9N Categories (other): British English Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cert. [abbreviation], cert [abbreviation], cert pool, certworthiness

Verb [Latin]

IPA: /ker.ti.oːˈraː.riː/ [Classical-Latin], [kɛrt̪ioːˈräːriː] [Classical-Latin], /t͡ʃer.t͡si.oˈra.ri/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [t͡ʃert̪͡s̪ioˈräːri] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: certiōrārī [canonical]
Etymology: Form of the verb certiōrō. Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=certiōrārī}} certiōrārī
  1. present passive infinitive of certiōrō Tags: form-of, infinitive, passive, present Form of: certiōrō
    Sense id: en-certiorari-la-verb-xBxXy-Yl Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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