mandamus
noun
a writ from a superior court to an inferior court or to an officer, corporation, etc., commanding that a specified thing be done.
mandamuses
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pluralof mandamus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It might rain mandamuses and warrants, they had no power to trouble me.
From Paul Gosslett's Confessions in Love, Law, and The Civil Service by Charles James Lever
You realise, I hope, that there are here no judges, juries, nor lawyers, no mandamuses and no appeals.
From Revenge! by Robert Barr
