writ of error

writ of error
writ of error see writ

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

writ of error
n.
A writ issued by an appellate court to a lower court ordering it to send the appellate court the record of a case tried in the lower court so that the appellate court can review it for errors in application of the law.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


writ of error
n. An order from an appellate court to a lower one to deliver a case's records for the purpose of reviewing them.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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