Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mandamus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mandamus \Man*da"mus\, n. [L., we command, fr. mandare to
command.] (Law)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mandamus
n : 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 [syn: {writ of
mandamus}]
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