(British, legal) A grant of review of a government action by a court with discretion to make such a review.
(British, legal) A grant of review of a government action by a court with discretion to make such a review.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(US, legal) The power of a court to review and potentially modify the decisions made by another court or tribunal.
(US, law, informal) An order from the Supreme Court of the United States summarily disposing of a petition for certiorari by granting the petition, vacating the judgment of the lower court, and remanding to the lower court for reconsideration.
Authorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior.
(US, legal, colloquial) A dissent from an order granting rehearing en banc.
(US, legal) A grant of the right of an appeal to be heard by an appellate court where that court has discretion to choose which appeals it will hear.