'Writ of consultation' definitions:

Definition of 'Writ of consultation'

From: GCIDE
  • Consultation \Con`sul*ta"tion\, n. [L. consultatio: cf. F. consultation.]
  • 1. The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision. [1913 Webster]
  • Thus they doubtful consultations dark Ended. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A council or conference, as of physicians, held to consider a special case, or of lawyers restained in a cause. [1913 Webster]
  • Writ of consultation (Law), a writ by which a cause, improperly removed by prohibition from one court to another, is returned to the court from which it came; -- so called because the judges, on consultation, find the prohibition ill-founded. [1913 Webster]