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• writ of prohibition — n. An order issued by a higher court to a lower one preventing it from exceeding its jurisdiction. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. writ of prohibition …   Law dictionary

• writ — / rit/ n [Old English, something written] 1: a letter that was issued in the name of the English monarch from Anglo Saxon times to declare his grants, wishes, and commands 2: an order or mandatory process in writing issued in the name of the… …   Law dictionary

• Jurisdiction shopping — is a form of economic behavior by which a private business interest seeks to locate its operations in a political unit with the least regulation and/or lowest costs, such as property taxes and impact fees. It is most common on the local level. In …   Wikipedia

• writ of prohibition — writ′ of prohibi′tion n. law a command by a higher court that a lower court shall not exercise jurisdiction in a particular case • Etymology: 1875–80 …   From formal English to slang

• writ of prohibition — n. an order from a higher court to a lower one to cease hearing or prosecuting some matter outside its jurisdiction …   English World dictionary

• Writ — For other uses, see Writ (disambiguation). In common law, a writ is a formal written order issued by a body with administrative or judicial jurisdiction; in modern usage, this body is generally a court. Warrants, prerogative writs and subpoenas… …   Wikipedia

• writ of prohibition — noun a judicial writ from a higher court ordering a lower court not to exercise jurisdiction in a particular case • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑writ, ↑judicial writ * * * : a writ issued by a superior tribunal and directed to an… …   Useful english dictionary

• writ of error — A writ issued from a court of appellate jurisdiction, directed to the judge or judges of a court of record, requiring them to remit to the appellate court the record of an action before them, in which a final judgment has been entered, in order… …   Black's law dictionary

• writ of review — A writ which is substantially the common law writ of certiorari and is denominated in the codes a special proceeding. The return to the writ brings up the record of the inferior court, officer, of tribunal, not for the purpose of ascertaining an… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Jurisdiction — In law, jurisdiction (from the Latin ius, iuris meaning law and dicere meaning to speak ) is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body or to a political leader to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and,… …   Wikipedia

• writ of supervisory control — A writ which is issued only to correct erroneous rulings made by the lower court within its jurisdiction, where there is no appeal, or the remedy by appeal cannot afford adequate relief, and gross injustice is threatened as the result of such… …   Black's law dictionary