单词 | prerogative writ |
释义 | > as lemmasprerogative writ prerogative writ n. a writ issued by a court in special circumstances, as (in Britain) under the exercise of royal prerogative. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > royal writ > prerogative writ long writa1640 prerogative writ1642 1642 C. Vernon Considerations Excheqver 18 (margin) The long Writ called the Prerogative Writ, out of the Treasurers Remembrancers Office, under the Teste of the chiefe Baron. 1759 Ld. Mansfield in Burrows Reports II. 855 Writs, not ministerially directed, (sometimes called prerogative writs, because they are supposed to issue on the part of the king,) such as writs of mandamus, prohibition, habeas corpus, certiorari, are restrained by no clause in the constitution given to Berwick. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 793/1 A writ of prohibition is a prerogative writ—that is to say, it does not issue as of course, but is granted only on proper grounds being shown. 1993 Times (Nexis) 21 July Judicial review is an innovation dating from the 1970s. It was developed out of the old prerogative writs of mandamus, certiorari and prohibition. < as lemmas |
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