West Virginia Code 58-4-8 – Certiorari for omitted portion of record
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The circuit court may, in any case, award a writ of certiorari to the clerk of the court of limited jurisdiction, and have brought before it, when part of a record is omitted, the whole or any part of such record.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 58-4-8
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Writ of certiorari: An order issued by the Supreme Court directing the lower court to transmit records for a case for which it will hear on appeal.