Certiorari
(Cer`ti*o*ra"ri) n. [So named from the emphatic word certiorari in the Latin form of the writ,
which read certiorar volumus we wish to be certified.] (Law) 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.
A certiorari is the correct process to remove the proceedings of a court in which cases are tried in a
manner different from the course of the common law, as of county commissioners. It is also used as an
auxiliary process in order to obtain a full return to some other process. Bouvier.
Certitude
(Cer"ti*tude) n. [LL. certitudo, fr. L. certus: cf. F. certitude. See Certain.] Freedom from
doubt; assurance; certainty. J. H. Newman.
Cerule
(Cer"ule) a. [L. caerulus, eguiv. to caeruleus.] Blue; cerulean. [Obs.] Dyer.
Cerulean
(Ce*ru"le*an) a. [L. caeruleus.] Sky-colored; blue; azure. Cowper.
Blue, blue, as if that sky let fall
A flower from its cerulean wall.
Bryant.
Ceruleous
(Ce*ru"le*ous) a. Cerulean. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
Cerulific
(Cer`u*lif"ic) a. [L. caerulus dark blue + facere to make.] Producing a blue or sky color. [R.]
Cerumen
(||Ce*ru"men) n. [NL., fr. L. cera wax.] (Physiol.) The yellow, waxlike secretion from the
glands of the external ear; the earwax.
Ceruminous
(Ce*ru"mi*nous) a. (Physiol.) Pertaining to, or secreting, cerumen; as, the ceruminous
glands.
Ceruse
(Ce"ruse) n. [F. céruse, L. cerussa.]
1. White lead, used as a pigment. See White lead, under White.
2. A cosmetic containing white lead.
To distinguish ceruse from natural bloom.
Macaulay.
3. (Min.) The native carbonate of lead.
Cerused
(Ce"rused) a. Washed with a preparation of white lead; as, cerused face. Beau. & Fl.
Cerusite
(Ce"ru*site Ce"rus*site) n. (Min.) Native lead carbonate; a mineral occurring in colorless, white,
or yellowish transparent crystals, with an adamantine, also massive and compact.
Cervantite
(Cer"van*tite) n. [Named from Cervantes a town in Spain.] (Min.) See under Antimony.
Cervelat
(Cer"ve*lat) n. [F.] (Mus.) An ancient wind instrument, resembling the bassoon in tone.
Cervical
(Cer"vi*cal), a. [L. cervix, -icis, neck: cf. F. cervical.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the neck; as,
the cervical vertebræ.
Cervicide
(Cer"vi*cide) n. [L. cervus deer + caedere to kill.] The act of killing deer; deer-slaying. [R.]
