MANDAMUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mandamus mean? 

• MANDAMUS (noun)
  The noun 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 fail

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• 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 ("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)