(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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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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