A writ of mandamus or simply mandamus, which means "we command" in Latin,'s the name of one of the prerogative writs in the common law, and's "issued by a superior court to compel a lower court or a government officer to perform mandatory or purely ministerial duties correctly". Mandamus's a judicial remedy which's in the form of an order from a superior court to any government, subordinate court, corporation or public authority to do or forbear from doing some specific act which that body's ob… (More on Mandamus)