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  Writ Of Mandamus - LoveToKnow 1911
Mandamus has always been regarded as an exceptional remedy to supplement the deficiencies of the common law, or defects of justice.
The writ is used to compel inferior courts to hear and determine according to law cases within their jurisdiction, e.g.
The mandamus issued in the action is no longer a writ of mandamus, but a judgment or order having effect equivalent to the writ formerly used.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Writ_Of_Mandamus   (879 words)

  
 Legal Definition of Mandamus
MANDAMUS - The name of a writ, the principal word of which when the proceedings were in Latin, was mandamus, we command.
Mandamus is not a writ of right, it is not consequently granted of course, but only at the discretion of the court to whom the application for it is made; and this discretion is not exercised in favor of the applicant, unless some just and useful purpose may be answered by the writ.
This writ was introduced io prevent disorders from a failure of justice; therefore it ought to be used upon all occasions where the law has established no specific remedy, and where in justice and good government there ought to be one.
www.lectlaw.com /def2/m079.htm   (288 words)

  
 WRIT OF MANDAMUS - Online Information article about WRIT OF MANDAMUS
The writ is used to compel inferior courts to hear and determine according to law cases within their See also:
Besides the prerogative common-law writ there are a number of orders, made by the High Court under statutory authority, and de-scribed as or as being in the nature of mandamus, e.g.
The mandamus issued in the action is no longer a writ of mandamus, but a judgment or order having effect See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /MAL_MAR/MANDAMUS_WRIT_OF.html   (1369 words)

  
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Latin for "we order," a writ (more modernly called a "writ of mandate") which orders a public agency or governmental body to perform an act required by law when it has neglected or refused to do so.
Examples: After petitions were filed with sufficient valid signatures to qualify a proposition for the ballot, the city refuses to call the election, claiming it has a legal opinion that the proposal is unconstitutional.
All of these can be subject of petitions for a writ of mandamus.
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 Hawaiian Kingdom Writ of Mandamus
As such, relief cannot be afforded Petitioner by an appeal or by application for the issuance of the writ prayed for to any lower court.
Wherefore Petitioner request this court to grant its writ of mandamus directed to Respondent, commanding and requiring Respondent as President of the United States to undo the actions of its Government within the territorial jurisdiction of the Hawaiian Kingdom, a sovereign nation, as follows:
That this Petitioner, being otherwise remediless, is entitled to a writ of mandamus, requiring and compelling said Respondent to comply with his statutory duty to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed," as mandated under Article II, (section)3 of the United States Constitution.
www.moolelo.com /mandamus.html   (2420 words)

  
 U.S. Supreme Court Petition for Writ of Mandamus
It is well-settled that mandamus petition is the proper procedure for an appellate court to review a district judge for disqualification from a case in which his or her impartiality might reasonably be questioned.
In a complaint of judicial misconduct and petition for writ of mandamus to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, petitioner documented Judge Berrigan's activities that presumably would require her disqualification.
I certify that one copy each of this Petition for Writ of Mandamus was hand delivered on or about August 26, 1999 to judge respondent and counsel for plaintiff and that three copies were hand delivered to counsel for defendant at the addresses indicated below.
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 Petition for Writ of Mandamus or in the Alternative, a Writ of Prohibition
Petition for Writ of Mandamus or in the Alternative, a Writ of Prohibition
On 24 February 98 Greene County, Missouri Prosecutor, J. Ronald Carrier, by and through his assistant prosecuting attorney, Johnnie J. Burgess, file the attached information creating the Greene County case number 398CM1214 charging Relator with a violation of section 565.083 RSMo.
Mandamus will lie when an official refuses to act when he has a duty to act and refuses to do so.
www.plf.net /motions/courtofa.htm   (720 words)

  
 Cunningham, Bounds, Crowder, Brown & Breedlove, L.L.C. > Significant Reported Opinions
Estate petitioned for writ of mandamus to direct trial judge to vacate an order granting motions to strike certain evidentiary materials submitted in opposition to motions to dismiss.
The Supreme Court, Johnstone, J., held that: (1) two officers had sufficient minimum contacts with forum to warrant exercise of personal jurisdiction; but (2) third officer lacked sufficient minimum contacts with forum to permit exercise of personal jurisdiction.
Writ denied as to two defendants and granted as to one defendant; plaintiffs petition dismissed as moot in part and denied in part.
www.cunninghambounds.com /opinions.php   (2346 words)

  
 Lee’s Divorce & Family Law Blog » Writ of Mandamus
A writ of mandamus (man DAMM us) is a way to get appellate review of a case when an ordinary appeal would be inadequate.
Technically, a writ of mandamus asks the appellate court to order a judge to do something.
If the appellate court orders a judge not to do something, it’s called a writ of prohibition.
www.divorceinfo.com /blog/?p=426   (85 words)

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