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Definition: Mandamus |
MandamusNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "mandamus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references) |
Etymology: Mandamus \Man*da"mus\, noun. [Latin expression, we command, from mandare to command.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Mandamus (Latin). A writ of King's Bench, commanding the person named to do what the writ directs. The first word is "Mandamus" (We command ...). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Shipping | A writ issued by a court; requires that specific things be done. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: MandamusSynonym: writ of mandamus (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Command | Dictation; dictate, mandate; caveat, decree, senatus consultum; precept; prescript, rescript; writ, ordination, bull, ex cathedra pronouncement, edict, decretal, dispensation, prescription, brevet, placit, ukase, ukaz, firman, hatti-sherif, warrant, passport, mittimus, mandamus, summons, subpoena, nisi prius, interpellation, citation; word, word of command; mot d'ordre; bugle call, trumpet call; beat of drum, tattoo; order of the day; enactment; (law); plebiscite; (choice). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Mandamus |
| English words defined with "mandamus": Peremptory mandamus ♦ writ of mandamus. (references) |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | No cause has been shown, and the present motion is for a mandamus. (reference) |
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| "Mandamus" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Mandamus" is used about 61 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 61 | 43,149 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Sweden | Mandamus Fastigheter AB |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "mandamus": peremptory mandamus ♦ writ of mandamus. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
mandamus writ | 37 |
mandamus | 20 |
f mandamus | 4 |
ab fastigheter mandamus | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "mandamus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Befehl (captaincy, comand, command, command signal, dictation, fiat, instruction, mission, order, ordinance, statement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | comando (actuation, actuator, bidding, command, control, dictation, drive, fiat, headquarters, headship, lead, leadership, order, word). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | andamusmay natural de manchester. (various references) приказ высшей судебной инстанции низшей. (various references) precepto (command, precept, prescript). (various references) åläggande (charge, infliction, injunction, order, prescriptive). (various references) yüksek mahkeme emri. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "mandamus": mandamused, mandamuses, mandamusing. (additional references) | |
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"Mandamus" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cantamus, laudamus, mandam, mandanus, Manfalut, Montanus, nanoamps. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "mandamus" (pronounced mandā"mus) |
| 4 | -ā" m u s | famous, ignoramus, ramus, shamus. |
| 3 | -m u s | animus, anonymous, autonomous, blasphemous, dermis, enormous, epidermis, grimace, hippopotamus, humus, infamous, isthmus, litmus, magnanimous, monogamous, polygamous, posthumous, premise, primus, promise, pumice, Shamas, synonymous, thalamus, thermos, unanimous, venomous. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-m-m-n-s-u" | |
-1 letter: summand. | |
-2 letters: damans, dunams, madams, madman, maunds. | |
-3 letters: adman, daman, damns, dumas, dunam, madam, mamas, manas, manus, mauds, maund, nadas, sauna, summa. | |
-4 letters: amas, amus, anas, ands, ansa, anus, damn, dams, duma, duns, mads, mama, mana, mans, maud, maun, muds, mums, muns, nada, sand. | |
-5 letters: aas, ads, ama, amu, ana, and, dam, dun, mad, man, mas, mud, mum, mun, mus, nam, nus, sad, sau, sum, sun, umm, uns. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-m-m-n-s-u" | |
+2 letters: mandamused, mandamuses. | |
+3 letters: mandamusing. | |
+5 letters: admeasurement, maladjustment, somnambulated. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 6E 64 61 6D 75 73 |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- -. -.. .- -- ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01101110 01100100 01100001 01101101 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a n d a m u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 006E 0064 0061 006D 0075 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4767807067798785 |
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