mandamus
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- noun
- /mænˈdeɪməs/
- Formal
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mandamus
- A writ of mandamus is proper only if (1) the plaintiff has a clear right to relief; (2) the defendant has a clear duty to act; and (3) there is no other adequate remedy available to the plaintiff.
- a writ of mandamus
Examples
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In this case, the court of appeals is treating it as a mandamus, so they are still considering the merits of the case.
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One year prior to the deadline, on January 31, 1997, several utilities filed suit seeking a writ of mandamus to compel DOE compliance with the Indiana Michigan Power decision.
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Go get a mandamus against the customs inspector.
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Applicant's underlying mandamus petition raised issues.
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But mandamus would be an incomplete remedy here.
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Marbury sued for mandamus before the Supreme Court.
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The government petitioned for a writ of mandamus, seeking vacatur of the district court's denial of the motion to exclude time.
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On January 31, 1997, several electric utilities operating commercial nuclear reactors petitioned the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit for a writ of mandamus to require the federal government to begin accepting highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel from the utilities by a statutory deadline the following January.
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Therefore, the court issued a writ of mandamus precluding DOE from finding that its delay was unavoidable—and thus non-recompensable—on the ground that it had not yet prepared a permanent repository.
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The judge issued a mandamus to compel the local officials to fulfill their legal duties.
Synonyms
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An instruction from someone in power that must be followed
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An official instruction from a court telling someone to do or stop doing something
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A clear order that someone in charge gives, like a teacher or parent
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A court order that tells a government official to do a legal duty after other options fail
A formal order from an official used in law or religion
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
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A court order that tells a government official to do a legal duty after other options fail
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mandamus comes from the Latin verb mandare, which means 'to order', and the same root appears in the English word mandate. In Latin mandamus literally meant 'we order', so a mandamus today is a court order that tells a public official to do a duty required by law.