extraordinary writs
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 325 U.S. 196 - United States v. United States · 1945Most cited · 549 citing opinions
The traditional use of such writs both at common law and in the federal courts has been, in appropriate cases, to confine inferior courts to the exercise of their prescribed jurisdiction or to compel them to exercise their authority when it is their duty to do so.
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