supervisory writ

supervisory writ
A writ such as certiorari, mandamus, or prohibition issued by a court having constitutional power to exercise a superintending control over inferior tribunals in order to keep such inferior tribunals within the bounds of their proper jurisdiction. See supervisory jurisdiction.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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