Mandamus is valid Scrabble Word

Is mandamus a scrabble word?
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary YES
Official Tournament and Club Word List YES
Collins Scrabble Words YES
Is mandamus valid Words with Friends?
Words with Friends YES

8 letters word
13 points in Scrabble
17 points in WWF

Definitions for MANDAMUS in dictionary:

VERB:

to command by writ from a higher court to a lower

NOUN:

a judicial writ issued as a command to an inferior court or ordering a person to perform a public or statutory duty
A writ issued by a superior court and directed to some inferior tribunal, or to some corporation or person exercising authority, commanding the performance of some specified duty.
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
order of a superior court

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

to command by means of writ issued by a superior court
formerly a writ from, now an order of, a superior court commanding an inferior tribunal, public official, corporation, etc, to carry out a public duty

Words related to MANDAMUS

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Words that contain MANDAMUS

mandamused16 mandamuses15 mandamusing17

How to use MANDAMUS in a sentence

Gaines the trustees called indignation meetings, and raised sufficient money to employ Flamen Ball, an attorney, to secure a writ of mandamus.
Judge Cato issued his writ of mandamus to compel the Governor to give certificates to the pro-slavery candidates, but without success.
The Commission having ceased to exist, it would be too late to apply for prohibition or an injunction against the first respondent and mandamus would also be inappropriate.
He could not compel public officials to perform their ministerial duties by mandamus proceedings.
The sheriff drew the money and got a mandamus from the court, and he came here one day while I was at dinner.

Similar words containing MANDAMU without suffix s

mandamused16 mandamuses15 mandamusing17

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