Mandamus
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(mnd´ms) [Lat.,=we order], in law, writ directing the performance of ministerial acts.
Mandamus: Literally, "We command." It is a command of a higher court to a lower court or a public officer to perform a lawful duty.
A writ of mandamus or mandamus (which means "we command" in Latin), or sometimes mandate, is the name of one of the prerogative writs in the common law, ...
Mandamus
(n) Mandamus is the writ directing a government body, office, agency or authority to adhere to the requirements of the legal provisions which they are bound to follow. Eg.
Mandamus: A writ issued by a court ordering a public official to perform an act.
Writ Of Mandamus
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WRIT OF MANDAMUS, in English law, a high prerogative writ issuing from the High Court of Justice (named from the first word in the Latin form of the writ) containing a command in the name of the king, ...
Alternative Writ Of Mandate (Mandamus) A court order that requires a governmental agency, court, or officials to obey to take a certain action, or show cause at a hearing why it should not have to obey.
Mandamus(see Prerogative Writs)Marriage Contract(see Domestic Contract)MasterA provincially appointed judicial officer who is authorized to decide certain non-criminal matters.
Mandamus:
A writ which commands an individual, organization (eg. government), administrative tribunal or court to perform a certain action, usually to correct a prior illegal action or a failure to act in the first place.
Mandamus - In connection with judicial review, one of the remedies available - to issue an order of the court requiring an inferior tribunal to do something it has previously unlawfully refused to do.
mandamus
(man-dame-us) n. Latin for "we order", a writ (more modernly called a "writ of mandate") which orders a public agency or governmental body to perform an act required by law when it has neglected or refused to do so.
mandamusA writ by which a court commands the performance of a particular act.
mandateA judicial command from a court or judge, directing the proper officer to enforce a judgment.
material evidenceRelevant evidence.
Mandamus
A writ or directive issued by a court to an official compelling the performance of the official's duties.
Mandate
A judicial command or order.
MANDAMUS - The name of a writ that is issued from a court of superior jurisdiction, directed to a lower court or a public officer, commanding the performance of a particular act.
Mandamus: An order directed to a private corporation, or any of its officers, or to an executive, administrative or judicial officer, or to a lower court, commanding the performance of a particular act.
MANDAMUS, practice. The name of a writ, the principal word of which when the proceedings were in Latin, was mandamus, we command.
mandamus A particular kind of writ, directed to a private or municipal corporation, or any of its officers, or to an executive, administrative, or judicial officer, or to a lower court, ...
mandamus
A form of writ to commence an action for review of an administrative decision (failure to perform a duty) in the Supreme Court.
mandatory ...
Term: Mandamus
Definition: A writ or directive issued by a court to an official compelling the performance of the official's duties.
Term: Mandate
Definition: A judicial command or order.
Mandamus
Definition - Noun
[Latin, we enjoin, from mandare to enjoin] ...
mandamus
Latin for "we command." A writ of mandamus is a court order that requires another court, government official, public body, corporation or individual to perform a certain act.
Mandamus A writ or court order directing a public official to perform his official duty.
writ of mandate
(mandamus) n. a court order to a government agency, including ano...
wrongful death
n. the death of a human being as the result of a wrongful act of ...
Mandamus will compel a levy. But a court of equity has no jurisdiction to appoint a collector or receivor, by mandamus. Thompson v. Allen County, 115 U.S. 550 (1885).
Assumpsit, like legal relics mandamus, prohibition and certiorari, were all the rage in the English law courts circa 1600 and featured a plethora of varieties such as express assumpsit (an undertaking made on the record) or implied ...
The powers to review administrative decisions are usually established by statute, but were originally developed from the royal prerogative writs of English law, such as the writ of mandamus and the writ of certiorari.
Its supervisory powers extend, 1. To issuing writs of error to inferior jurisdictions, and affirming or reversing their judgments. 2. To issuing writs of mandamus to compel inferior officers and courts to perform the duties required of them by law.
extraordinary writ - A writ, often issued by an appellate court, making available remedies not regularly within the powers of lower courts. They include writs of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition and quo warranto ...
property; (2) certiorari-an order by an appellate court granting or denying a review of judgment; (3) execution-an order to enforce a court judgment; (4) habeas corpus-an order to release someone that has been unlawfully imprisoned; (5) mandamus (or ...
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