mandamus
Kelime Anlamı :

1. yüksek mahkeme emri.
2. yüksek mahkeme tarafından bir alt mahkemeye veya belediyeye verilen yazılı emir.
3. (isim) yüksek mahkeme emri.
Tanımlar :
1. A writ issued by a superior court ordering a public official or body or a lower court to perform a specified duty.
2. to serve or compel with such a writ.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. A common law prerogative writ that compels a court or government officer to perform mandatory or purely ministerial duties correctly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. A writ issued by a superior court and directed to some inferior tribunal, or to some corporation or person exercising authority, commanding the performance of some specified duty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. 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
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.