mandamus
Definition
Mandatory order (writ) issued by a higher court to a lower court, inferior tribunal, or a public or corporate officer or agency. It commands the correct and proper performance of a specified act or public-duty related to the responsibilities of the entity to which it is directed. Latin for, we command.
mandamus is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subject.
mandamus appears in the definition of the following term: extraordinary writ
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