Warning

Info

Warning

Info

Warning

Info

LSDefine

Simple English definitions for legal terms

certiorari petition

Read a random definition: public benefits

A quick definition of certiorari petition:

A certiorari petition is a formal written request presented to an appellate court asking for discretionary review. It is a type of petition that seeks permission for the court to review a lower court's decision. Other types of petitions include debtor's petition, involuntary petition, juvenile petition, petition for probate, and voluntary petition. In some states, a petition can also refer to the first pleading in a lawsuit, which is a complaint. In patents, a petition is a request made by a patent applicant to a patent office's administrative head for supervision of a procedural or jurisdictional matter related to the patent application.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: A certiorari petition is a formal written request presented to an appellate court seeking discretionary review. It is a type of petition that asks the court to review a lower court's decision.

  • Debtor's Petition: A petition filed with a bankruptcy court by a debtor seeking protection from creditors.
  • Involuntary Petition: A petition filed in a bankruptcy court by a creditor seeking to declare a debtor bankrupt.
  • Juvenile Petition: A juvenile-court petition alleging delinquent conduct by the accused.
  • Petition for Probate: A written application by which a party requests that a court admit a will to probate.
  • Petition in Error: A petition filed in an appellate court seeking to reverse a lower court's decision.

These examples illustrate how a petition is a formal written request presented to a court or other official body. Each type of petition serves a different purpose, such as seeking protection from creditors or requesting that a will be admitted to probate. A certiorari petition specifically seeks discretionary review from an appellate court.

certifying authority | cert pool

Warning

Info

General

General chat about the legal profession.
main_chatroom
👍 Chat vibe: 0 👎
Help us make LSD better!
Tell us what's important to you
AngryMiniCar
16:16
Hbu lol
PremiumFrequentCrane
16:16
Usually -0 LG -0 LR -2 Rc
AngryMiniCar
16:16
Gimme some of that
eggan
16:16
ooo i have advice from a 169 scorer. basically with RC the main things you need to do to prepare are to pretend what youre reading is the most interesting thing ever, and prepare by reading more fiction (for adults)
eggan
16:17
novels like metamorphosis, brave new world, no longer human, crime & punishment, those kinds of novels for adults with complex language structure will be helpful (im just listing books i like but you can read anything)
RasheedWallaceFan
16:18
Read moby dick
NosyBeagle
16:18
@AngryMiniCar: ill trade u for your lr score lol
NosyBeagle
16:18
@windyMagician: sounds good. I will start doing this
AngryMiniCar
16:18
Naww I worked my asssss off for that LR result
NosyBeagle
16:18
lmaooo
eggan
16:19
you atted windy lol you probably meant to at me but thats ok
PremiumFrequentCrane
16:20
Also also, at the same time, the biglaw lawyers increasingly are going "fuck these t30 hires are really good (the non accommodated 160s who would be t14 people in 2008 over these accommodated 170s in the t14 lmfao)" lolololol Also for RC just the more you do the better you are.
AngryMiniCar
16:20
@eggan: thanks! I'll do that.
NemoPropheta
16:20
Sometimes my mind just goes blank when staring at an RC passage
NemoPropheta
16:21
what helped me most for RC was that the right answer will always be in the passage, even if its only implied
NemoPropheta
16:21
so you just have to justify your answer choice with specific line support
NosyBeagle
16:21
maybe i forgot who i was talking to. you can't scroll after a bit lol
windyMagician
16:22
@PremiumFrequentCrane: i dont have accomodations you absolute buffoon
NosyBeagle
16:22
trying to see if i have it in me to do another lr set
NosyBeagle
16:23
the best i've done on lr has been -10. I have a long way to go
windyMagician
16:23
@NosyBeagle: you need to be drilling weak question types and not doing full sets if you're at -10
NosyBeagle
16:25
@windyMagician: i would send the salute emoji if this website supported them
NosyBeagle
16:25
will start doing this
windyMagician
16:26
here u go: 🫡
AngryMiniCar
16:26
^^ I will say wrong answer journal helped me a loooooottt. I would put a small note on the bottom of every reviewed question about a concept/ idea that I learned from my mistake and review it every once in a while. I came from -11
NosyBeagle
16:28
🫡
AngryMiniCar
16:28
I think my issue with RC is that for LR if I misread that's one question. But if I misread the tone of an RC passage I'm screwed for a bunch of questions.
windyMagician
16:29
do you have a particularly hard time with one kind of passage, or is it more of an overall problem?
PremiumFrequentCrane
16:29
First, RC is something you been doing since grade 1, so unlike LR or LG, it is something you have been exposed to and you will have a natural affinity for it that will be hard to move beyond. Second, you need to just do more of them lol Know all the rules and question types etc. from a curriculum, one of the tried and true like PS or 7sage or what not, then you just drill. Of course that also means you need to review your answers in depth - you need to find where in your thought process you made an error so it doesnt happen again. It also helps to solidify right thought pathways. And not about content like "oh yeah i guess the blacks in 1870s latino communities were creole," but like "oh yes question asks for y and i said z so in the answer i mistook x for w being the right answer" lol aka structural approach. That is all i gots for free lol hire a tutor if you need more.
PremiumFrequentCrane
16:30
For LR, look at it as mathematical word problems with algebra.
LSD+ is ad-free, with DMs, discounts, case briefs & more.