 | Virginia. General Assembly. Senate - 1877 - 1208 trang
...requiring them t< do somr particular tiling therein specified, which appertains to their office and dotv and which the court of King's Bench has previously determined, or at least as sumed to be consonant to right and justice. * * * But issues in all eases wher the party hath a... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1794 - 588 trang
...ifluing in the king's name from the court of king's bench, and directed to any perfon, corporation, or inferior court of judicature within the king's dominions, requiring them to do fome particular thing therein fpecified, which appertains to their office and duty, and which the court... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1800 - 562 trang
...ifluing in the king's name from the court of king's bench, and directed to any perfon, corporation, or inferior court of judicature within the king's dominions, requiring them to do fome particular thing therein fpecified, which appertains to their office and duty, and which the court... | |
 | Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - 1879 - 942 trang
...issuing in the king's name from the Court of King's Bench, directed to any person, corporation, or inferior court of judicature, within the king's dominions,...least supposes, to be consonant to right and justice. (3 Com. 110.) The office of the writ is to compel the performance of a duty enjoined by law, and it... | |
 | Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - 1846 - 780 trang
...jurisdiction. To this Court, appertained the power by mandamus of "directing any person, corporation, or inferior Court of judicature, within the king's dominions,...office and duty, and which the Court of King's Bench had previously deter mined; or at least supposes to be consonant to right and justice:" (3 Black. Com.,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - 1804 - 514 trang
...judicature within the king's dominions, re" quiring them to do fome particular thing therein fpeci" fied, which appertains to their office and duty, and « which the court of king's bench has previoiifly deter" mined, or at kait fuppofes, to be confonant to right « andjuftice." Lord Mansfield,... | |
 | William Waller Hening - 1810 - 710 trang
...authority for that purpose, and directed to any person, corporation, or inferior court of judicature, requiring them to do some particular thing therein...appertains to their office and duty, and which the superior court has previously determined, or at least -supposes to be consonant to right and justice.... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - 1812 - 486 trang
...king's name from the court of king's bench, and directed to any person, corporation or inferior court, requiring them to do some particular thing therein...appertains to their office and duty, and which the court has previously determined, or at least supposes, to be consonant to right and justice. It is a writ... | |
 | Richard Burn - 1820 - 834 trang
...requiring them to do some particular thing herein specified, which appertains to their office and duty. It is a high prerogative writ, of a most extensively...may be issued in some cases where the injured party hath also another (but more tedious) method of redress, as in the case of admission or restitution... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - 1820 - 528 trang
...directed to any person, corporation or inferior Court of judicature, requiring them in the King's name, to do some particular thing therein specified, which appertains to their office, situation or duty, and which is consistent with right and justice (e). The object of the writ is not... | |
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Commentaries, page 110, defines a mandamus to be " a command issuing in the king's name from the court of king's bench, and directed to any person, corporation, or inferior court of judicature within the king's dominions, requiring them to do some particular... 
