Allocatur (from med. Lat. allocatur, "it is allowed"), in law, refers to the allowance of a writ or other pleading. It may also designate a certificate given by a taxing master, at the termination of an action, for the allowance of costs. In Pennsylvaniacourts, the term is still used to denote permission for an appeal. In most other American courts, the term certiorari is used. See also Portal:Law The stela of King Hammurabi depicts the god Shamash revealing a code of laws to the king. ... In law, a writ is a formal written order issued by a body with administrative or judicial jurisdiction. ... In the law, a pleading is one of the papers filed with a court in a civil action, such as a complaint, a demurrer, or an answer. ... Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area Ranked 33rd - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²) - Width 160 miles (255 km) - Length 280 miles (455 km) - % water 2. ... A court is an official, public forum which a sovereign establishes by lawful authority to adjudicate disputes, and to dispense civil, labour, administrative and criminal justice under the law. ... An appeal is the act or fact of challenging a judicially cognizable and binding judgment to a higher judicial authority. ... This law-related article does not cite its references or sources. ...
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Allocatur reports are to be circulated within sixty (60) days of the receipt of such an assignment with notice to the prothonotary’s office that the report is in circulation.
Orders granting allocatur shall specify the issues upon which allocatur was granted, and whether the case is to be submitted on briefs or designated by the Court to be heard at the argument session.
In any case in which allocatur has been denied, a justice may request that the order of denial record that he or she voted to grant the petition.
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