mandamus   (TTS Sound)

The mandamus has 1 Senses.

• writ of mandamus, mandamus
• 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
• 役人に法律が絶対的な義務と見なすが、役人に裁量が認められない行政上の行為を命じる異例な令状