单词 | mandamus |
释义 | mandamusn. Law. Originally: a writ, mandate, etc., issued by a monarch, directing the performance of a particular act; spec. (a) a writ issued under certain conditions for the seizure of the lands of a tenant-in-chief and enquiry into his next heir, etc.; (b) a writ authorizing an election. Later: a court order or writ directing an inferior court, a corporation, official, etc., to perform a public or statutory duty, esp. so as to remedy a legal defect (in full, order (also writ) of mandamus). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > mandamus mandamus1535 peremptory mandamus1797 1378 Rolls of Parl. III. 51/2 Par force d'un mandamus a lui directe.] 1535 tr. Natura Breuium (new ed.) f. 218v There is fyue maners of enqueres ordeyned after the death of the kynges tenaunt... The fyfthe is Mandamus, and that is after the yere. 1588 J. Udall State Church of Eng. sig. G3v Let no Colledge chuse his owne head, but let him haue a Mandamus, procured from the Queene. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Tt2v Mandamus is also a charge to the shyreeve, to take into the kings hands, all the lands and tenements of the kings widowe, that against her oath formerly giuen, marieth without the kings consent. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mandat, A Mandate, or Mandamus for the preferment of one to a Benefice. 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 199 Mandamus is a Writ that goes to the Escheator for the finding of an office after the death of one that died the Kings Tenant. 1664 J. Worthington Life Mede in J. Mede Wks. p. lxvi The College had privy notice of a Stranger who had got a Mandamus for a Fellowship, either Fallen or Falling. 1736 F. Drake Eboracum 185 The royal authority has frequently interposed, and constituted a mayor by a mandamus. 1775 R. B. Sheridan St. Patrick's Day ii. iv Death's a debt; his mandamus binds all alike. 1857 H. W. Longfellow John Endicott in New-Eng. Trag. iv. ii Here is the King's Mandamus, taking from us..all power to punish Quakers. 1865 Morning Star 3 Feb. You may find it necessary to apply to the Court of Queen's Bench for a mandamus against me. 1882 Cent. Mag. Dec. 177/1 The principle was affirmed later in Jackson's time, when the court issued a writ of mandamus to Amos Kendall. 1937 N.Y. Times 16 June 1/6 The Republic Steel Corporation..asked for a mandamus writ to compel Postmaster General Farley..to deliver..‘all matter properly mailable’. 1993 C. T. Rowan Dream Makers, Dream Breakers iv. 51 He rushed to prepare documents asking the Baltimore City Court to issue a writ of mandamus. Compounds General attributive, designating a person appointed by a mandamus. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > [adjective] > appointed by a mandamus or warrant mandamus1687 warranted1746 1687 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 421 The new mandamus fellowes [of Magdalen]. 1776 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 216 A Mandamus Counsellor of New Jersey. 1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) IV. iv. 339 Councillors, called mandamus councillors from their appointment by the crown. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mandamusv. transitive. To serve with a writ of mandamus. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [verb (transitive)] > serve with writ serve1462 serve?1538 to serve in1630 mandamus1823 writ1878 1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 496 If I do not ferk you out of all likelihood of ringing the beauty, why mandamus me! 1886 Daily Tel. 30 Mar. 5/3 Without waiting to be ‘mandamused’ the Vestry sent to the dust Contractor. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 22 Apr. 1/3 Their remedy is to get the Board of Education to mandamus the East Ham councillors and put them in prison for contempt of court. 1984 W. Deverell Dance Shiva (1986) v. 63 I'm going to mandamus that muscle-bound Elmer Gantry into Supreme Court tomorrow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1535v.1823 |
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