It's sort of the other way around. The process changed changed but the name stuck. The history is quite more complicated, if you're interested you can look at a

It's sort of the other way around. The process changed changed but the name stuck. The history is quite more complicated, if you're interested you can look at a summary here: https://www.google.com/amp/s/reason.com/volokh/2022/05/10/a-brief-history-of-certiorari-error-and-appeal/%3famp https://www.google.com/amp/s/reason.com/volokh/2022/05/10/a-...