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mandamus definition - legal

n

A writ issued by a court to compel a public official (including the judge of a lesser court) to perform a task or duty.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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