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WRIT OF MANDAMUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does writ of mandamus mean? 

WRIT OF MANDAMUS (noun)
  The noun WRIT OF MANDAMUS has 1 sense:

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 failplay

  Familiarity information: WRIT OF MANDAMUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WRIT OF MANDAMUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

mandamus; writ of mandamus

Hypernyms ("writ of mandamus" is a kind of...):

judicial writ; writ ((law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)


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