Writs of certiorari, criminal, 1971-1974.

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Writs of certiorari, criminal, 1971-1974.

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Appellant petitions requesting a writ of certiorari be issued by the Court of Appeals. A writ of certiorari is a directive sent by a superior court to an inferior court ordering it to send up, for review, all records pertaining to some pending proceeding or to a case already decided. See also the Writs of Certiorari series [MSA S0439] and the Writs of Certiorari, Civil series [MSA S0437]. Arranged chronologically by court term and docket number.

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Maryland (Colony). Court of Appeals.

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Maryland. Court of Appeals

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The Court of Appeals was established in 1694 by a commission sent with royal governor Francis Nicholson. Prior to 1681, the Governor and members of the Council, who constituted the upper house of the Assembly, exercised appellate jurisdiction much as the House of Lords in England. Appeals were not uncommon, despite the fact that the Governor and Council also sat as the judges of the Provincial Court where the appealed cases originated. This redundancy and questions about the legal r...