Writ of Certiorari Is ________

Writ of certiorari is ________.

A) an order to a lower court to send the record of a case to the Supreme Court
B) a legal principle which obliges judges to defer to legal precedents set by previous cases
C) a statute authorizing a state court to obtain jurisdiction over an out-of-state defendant
D) a process in which the judge and the attorneys question potential jurors