Prerogative writ
Ballentine's Law Dictionary · James A. Ballentine · 1916
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
A writ issued in cases of public right and those affecting the sovereignty of the state, its franchises and prerogatives, or the liberties of its people.
See 1 N. D. 88, 26 Am. St. Rep. 609, 8 L. R. A. 282, 45 N. W. 33.