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writ of error
noun
Law.
- a writ issued by an appellate court to the court of record where a case was tried, requiring that the record of the trial be sent to the appellate court for examination of alleged errors.
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For a defendant who has served the entire sentence, a court can issue a writ of error coram nobis, which removes a conviction as a result of a change in the facts or the law.
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Judgments, etc., may be reviewed on appeal or writ of error Sec.
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The fine was repaid by the parliament in July 1644, and the judgment was revised on a writ of error in 1668.
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He brought a writ of error to the House of Lords.
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Then, inquired the postmasters-general, might not a writ of error be brought with a view to hang up the judgment of the Court of King's Bench until the matter should be settled by Parliament.
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