Mandamus

Mandamus

Concept of Mandamus in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Mandamus: Latin for “we command”. A writ issued by a superior court ordering an inferior court, corporation, or individual, to do or refrain from doing specific acts. The main importance to real estate is that it is a writ commanding a governmental body to do something, such as issue a building permit.

Concept of Mandamus in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Mandamus: Latin for “we command”. A writ issued by a superior court ordering an inferior court, corporation, or individual, to do or refrain from doing specific acts. The main importance to real estate is that it is a writ commanding a governmental body to do something, such as issue a building permit.

Meaning of Mandamus in Spanish

Description/ translation of mandamus into Spanish: mandamiento (orden de un órgano jurisdiccional a una autoridad u órgano jurisdiccional inferior)[1]

Note: for more information on related terms and on the area of law where mandamus belongs (criminal procedure law), in Spanish, see here.

Notes and References

  1. Translation of Mandamus published by Antonio Peñaranda

Concept of “Mandamus”

Traditional meaning of mandamus in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) (We command.) A writ, formerly prerogative (see this last concept in this legal reference); issuing out of a superior court to an inferior court, a public or private corporation, or an officer, directing them to perform some public, ministerial, or official duty, or to restore the complainant to his rights, and privileges; see Robinson’s Elementary Law Rev. ed.; § 265. If peremptory, it directed the defendant to perform its orders absolutely; if alternative, to do so, or show cause to the contrary; see 3rd Book (“Of Private Wrongs”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 110, 264; 4 id. 441.

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Notes and References

  1. Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Mandamus”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.

See Also

Mandamus (Civil Judicial Process)

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