[mass noun](Law)a writ or order by which a higher court reviews a case tried in a lower court (律)(上级法院为了复审下级法院的判决而发出的)调取案卷令状 an order of certiorari. 一道调取案卷令状。
语源
late Middle English: from Law Latin, 'to be informed', a phrase originally occurring at the start of the writ, from certiorare 'inform', from certior, comparative of certus 'certain'