Three lawyers and I found ourselves in a suite
with building engineers. For a spell we forged ahead swimmingly, while jousting
over fair laws and shear walls. Then, the convener careened into construction clichés about ‘fixes’. To tease us, mystified advocates, one engineer made a grand old
show of explaining ‘fixes’ to us. What did I do? I fixed him with a fast-fetched question: Do you know Certiorari? He waved his hands in his pride-peeling
pickle and did not veer my way again.
What is certiorari?
ReplyDeleteIt is an order by which a court quashes the decision of a lower court or an administrative body on the ground of a patent error on the face of the record.
DeleteBullying brick layers with your legalese eh?
ReplyDeleteYour post-title just flashed me right back to Makola days. Thanks for that! :-)
ReplyDeleteWhat if he had answered YES and explained further that certiorari is an order by which a court quashes the decision of a lower court or an administrative body on the ground of a patent error on the face of the record?
ReplyDeleteI guess you would have taken your chances with mandamus, failing that, quo warranto.