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mandamus (1378)

mandamus (1378)

 
  FEW:  mandatum *6/i,153b Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED:  mandamus n.  MED: DMLBS:  mandare (mandamus) 1700b
ls(loanword: Latin )
le

s.

lawwrit to convey an order, directive
( 1378 )  futt trové par un enqueste pris devaunt Symond Moredom, donqes meir de Loundre [...] par force d'un mandamus a lui directé et returné en le chancelerie  Rot Parl1 iii 51
( s.xivex )  qele chose estoit fet, come est prové par mandamus et le serement J.C.  Ladbroke 304

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See also:

mandement1  mander 
This is an AND2 Phase 3 (I/Y-M) entry. © 2008-2012 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
mandamus