Mandamus
nounid
91791·updated May 18, 2026verified
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
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Information Class
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Variants
- synonym
- writ of mandamus
- plural
- Mandamuses
- possessive
- Mandamus's
- pluralpossessive
- Mandamuses'
Framework definitions
- §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
- §1 · legacy_primary
- 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 discretionDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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