certiorari has definitions from the fields of law,writing
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[ noun ] (law,writing) a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case

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(U.S. Reports. Volume 364. Cases Adjudged in the...)

We granted certiorari in view of the importance of the questions in the administration of the Act .

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