WordNet: mandamus, writ of mandamus
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
- domain: topic jurisprudence, law
- hypernym judicial writ, writ
mandamus
- (suomi) määräys (alakäsite)
writ of mandamus
- (suomi) määräys (alakäsite)