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Definition of Mandamus
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Judicial Writ, Writ
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Definition of Mandamus
1. n. A writ issued by a superior court and directed to some inferior tribunal, or to some corporation or person exercising authority, commanding the performance of some specified duty.
Definition of Mandamus
1. Noun. (legal) A common law prerogative writ that compels a court or government officer to perform mandatory or purely ministerial duties correctly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mandamus
1. to command by means of writ issued by a superior court [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mandamus
Literary usage of Mandamus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"Petition for a Writ of mandamus. Petition by the Matthew Addy Steamship & Commerce
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, for writ of mandamus directing the ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"mandamus by WE Bowers against JD Hanks, Chairman of the Board of ... Judgment
refusing to make the mandamus absolute, and the petitioner brings error ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Private Corporations Aggregate by Joseph Kinnicut Angell, Samuel Ames (1846)
"made, or that in which it appears of record.1 Where the return to a mandamus is,
that the prosecutor was not elected, the plaintiff in his action must ..."
4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1918)
"An officer should not, of course, be ordered by mandamus to perform or secure
... 3 And mandamus by a contractor with a municipality, to compel the issuance ..."
5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"/'ublic property in loic-a exempt from execution —mandamus to compel levy ...
When Issued by a circuit court In such a case, the writ of mandamus Is a writ ..."
6. An Abridgment of the Law of Nisi Prius by William Selwyn (1845)
"I. Nature of the Writ of mandamus, p.; mandamus to restore or admit Persons to
Corporate Offices ... In what other Cases the Court will grant a mandamus, p. ..."
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