Extraordinary Remedies
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The writs of mandamus, habeas corpus, quo warranto, and other special writs, not ancillary to an ordinary action, are sometimes so called. EXTRAPAROCHIAL (Lat.) Out of a parish; not within the bounds or limits of any parish. 1 Bl. Comm. 118, 284.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The write of mandamus, quo toarranto, habeas corpus, and some others are sometimes called "extraordinary remedies," in contradistinction to the ordinary remedy by action.
Defined under Extraordinary in Black's Law Dictionary.