(US, law, informal) An order from the Supreme Court of the United States summarily disposing of a petition for certiorari by granting the petition, vacating the judgment of the lower court, and remanding to the lower court for reconsideration.
Normally, this situation would call for a GVR order: The court would send the case back down to the court of appeals, which could decide whether a different result is required in light of Merit Management.
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(US, law, informal) To issue a GVR order.
If you blinked, you'd miss the fact that the Court passed on six abortion-related petitions! First, the Court '''GVR'd' Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky in light of June Medical''.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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