(n.) A writ issuing out of chancery or a superior court, to call up the records of a inferior court or remove a cause there depending, in order that the party may have more sure and speedy justice or that errors and irregularities may be corrected. It is obtained upon complaint of a party that he has not received justice or can not have an impartial trial in the inferior court.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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