mandamus是什么意思？

mandamus

英[mæn'deɪməs] 美[mæn'deɪməs]

• n. （上级法院向下级法院发布的）书面训令，命令书；
• vt. 发训令；

例句

• The chief constable applied for an order of mandamus directing the justice to rehear the case. 警察局长申请获得上级法院对下级法院所发的训令,命令法官重新审理该案.
• The chief Constable applied for an order of mandamus directing the justices to rehear the case. 警察局申请获得履行职务令,以命令法官重新审理该案.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  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