mandamus
8 letters · noun · scores 2,200 in SpellHuntr
noun
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
Mandamus in a sentence
The lord is compellable by mandamus to admit the surrenderee, that is, the person to whose use the surrender is made.
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