Usually means: Appeal of lower court decision.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. writ of error: Merriam-Webster
  2. writ of error: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. writ of error: Vocabulary.com
  4. writ of error: Wordnik
  5. writ of error: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. writ of error: Dictionary.com
  7. Writ of error: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. writ of error: Rhymezone
  9. writ of error: FreeDictionary.org
  10. writ of error: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. writ of error: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. writ of error: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  5. Writ of error: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from WordNet (writ of error)

▸ noun:  a judicial writ from an appellate court ordering the court of record to produce the records of trial


Opposite:
writ of certiorari, appeal, review, petition for review

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Opposite:
writ of certiorari, appeal, review, petition for review




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