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mandamus
/mænˈdeɪməs/
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What does mandamus mean?
noun
- A common law prerogative writ that compels a court or government officer to perform mandatory or purely ministerial duties correctly.
verb
- To serve a writ of this kind upon.
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IPA pronunciation
/mænˈdeɪməs/
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A mandamus was once moved for, says Doctor Burn, to compel the church-wardens and overseers to sign a certificate; but the Court of King’s Bench rejected the motion as a very strange attempt.
I made the following scheme (I know you will abuse me, and perhaps if I had put it in execution, my father would have sent a mandamus after me); it was to examine the Cordilleras of Chili during this summer, and in winter go from port to port on the coast of Peru to Lima, returning this time next year to Valparaiso, cross the Cordilleras to Buenos Ayres, and take ship to England.