writ of error

collocation in English

meaningsofwritanderror

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writ
noun
uk
/rɪt/us
/rɪt/
lawspecialized
a legal document from a law court that tells you that you will be involved in a legal process and explains what you ...
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error
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈer.ər/us
/ˈer.ɚ/
a ...
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(Definition ofwritanderrorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The only way in which the decision of a superior court could be challenged was by awritoferror.
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The oldwritoferrorwas nonsense.
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A "writ of habeas corpus" or "writoferrorcoram nobis" may be possible as well.
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Unlikewritoferrorand certiorari jurisdiction, the certificate of division procedure did not require a federal question.
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Thiswritoferrorwas brought to review that judgment.
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Thewritoferrorin this case was brought five days after the two years allowed by law had expired and was thus dismissed.
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Thewritoferror"coram nobis" is used to bring an issue before the court that previously decided the same issue.
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Thewritoferror, "coram nobis", is used to bring an issue before the court that previously decided the same issue.
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The defendant brought awritoferrorto reverse it.
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By the presentwritoferror, the plaintiff brings that judgment under review.
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This request for judicial review, uponwritoferror, was denied.
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The demurrer was sustained and judgment rendered in favor of the defendants dismissing the complaint, to reverse which thiswritoferroris prosecuted.
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Awritoferrormay be amended by filling the blank left for the return day, there being enough on the writ to amend by.
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The plaintiff appealed to the general term, which affirmed the judgment, and he brought the case here by awritoferror.
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Judgment below for plaintiff, to reverse which thiswritoferrorwas brought.
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Awritoferrorsued for by the bishop only resulted in the confirmation of the judgment.
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The supreme court sustained the action of the district court, and to review that decision thiswritoferrorwas brought.
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A petition forwritoferror"coram nobis" is generally brought before the trial court, while a petition for writ of error "coram vobis" is brought before an appellate court.
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The court saw no reason to impeach the transaction by which the new bonds were substituted for the old, and thewritoferrorwas accordingly dismissed.
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To that finding and judgment the defendant excepted (but without preserving, by bill of exceptions, the evidence upon which the court acted), and brought thiswritoferror.
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