A writ issued from a court of appellate jurisdiction, directed to the judge or judges of a court of record, re-qulring them to remit to the appellate court the record of an action before them, in which a final judgment has been entered, in order that examination may be made of certain errors alleged to have been committed, and that the judgment may be reversed, corrected, or affirmed, as the case may require
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
