A Statutory writ to correct errors in judgments rendered on verdicts. See 7 Mass. 342.
Definition of Writ Of Review
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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
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Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition(1) A general designation of any form of process issuing from an appellate court and intended to bring up for review the record or decision of the court bslow. Burrell v. Burrell, 10 Mass. 222; Hopkins v. Benson, 21 Me. 401; West v. De Moss, 50 La. Ann. 1349, 24 South. 325.
(2) In code practice, a substitute for, or equivalent of, the writ of certiorari. Call-fornia & O. Land Co. v. Gowen (C. C.) 48 Fed. 775; Burnett v. Douglas County, 4 Or. 389; In re Winegard, 78 Hun, 58, 28 N. Y. Supp. 1039. '