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mandamus

[ US /mænˈdeɪməs/ ]
NOUN
  1. an extraordinary writ commanding an official to perform a ministerial act that the law recognizes as an absolute duty and not a matter for the official's discretion; used only when all other judicial remedies fail

How To Use mandamus In A Sentence

  • As a curious nonlawyer, how come the remedy is an injuction and not a writ of mandamus? The Volokh Conspiracy » New Jersey Appellate Court Allows Continued Signature Gathering for Recall of U.S. Senator Robert Menendez
  • No error of law has been shown that would attract the writ of mandamus.
  • The law regarding mandamus was less clear.
  • Certainly, insofar as the order nisi seeks writs of mandamus and certiorari, it is outside of the time limit.
  • Where a court or a public officer wrongly refuses jurisdiction the exercise of the jurisdiction can be commanded by a writ of mandamus.
  • It was in these circumstances that the applicant commenced her proceedings in this Court seeking the constitutional writ of mandamus and the declarations previously set out.
  • Failing that, it is also possible that Burris would have no legal standing in mandamus to compel White to countersign the appointment certificate; because the duty to do so -- if it really is a ministerial duty -- is not owed to Burris himself, but to Blago as the Governor or to the Clerk of the Senate rather than the appointee. Illinois Sec. of State Refuses To Approve Burris Appointment, But Admits He Really Can't Stop It
  • In an attempt to purge Latin from the language of the law, California law has for many years used the term writ of mandate in place of writ of mandamus, and writ of review in place of writ of certiorari. The Volokh Conspiracy » PC
  • In accordance with the Charter Act, he proceeded to appoint the so-called "mandamus" councillors. Formation of the Union, 1750-1829
  • Cap* Husk writes me to keep his mandamus to bring with me, and pray let L "ColP Sherburne write what he wou'd have done with his; and so much for mandamus* Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society
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