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writ of mandamus

 
Noun writ of mandamus has 1 sense
  1. mandamus, writ of 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
    --1 is a kind of writ, judicial writ
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