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writ of error Definition

writ of error

noun

a writ directed to a lower court by an appellate court requiring the submission of the record of a legal action for review, in order to ascertain whether or not errors have been committed and so that the judgment may be upheld, reversed, or corrected

writ of error Law Definition

n

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