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extraordinary remedy

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writ

need not be performed compare peremptory writ in this entry extraordinary writ : a writ granted as an extraordinary remedy at the discretion of the court in its jurisdiction over officials or inferior tribunals called also prerogative writ

mandamus

in jurisdictions where the writ is abolished compare cease-and-desist order at order, injunction, stay NOTE: Mandamus is an extraordinary remedy and is issued usually only to command the performance of a ministerial act. It cannot be used to

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Extraordinary

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habeas corpus

imprisoned or otherwise in another's custody called also the Great Writ NOTE: Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum is an extraordinary remedy, and is by far the most frequently used writ of habeas corpus. It is an independent civil action

quo warranto

determining by what authority or right an office or franchise is held or exercised and seeking as an extraordinary remedy the discontinuance of an unlawful exercise of office or franchise

Ubi cessat remedium ordinarium ibi decurritur ad extraordinarium

decurritur ad extraordinarium (4 co. 93), where a common remedy ceases, there recourse must be had to an extraordinary one.

Customs

These duties were at first, principally laid on wool, woolfels (sheep-skins) and leather when exported. There were also extraordinary duties paid by aliens both on export and import, which were denominated parva custuma, to distinguish them from … The Customs Consolidation Act (27 Geo. 3, c. 13), introduced by Mr. Pitt in 1787, did much to remedy these among other inconvenien-ces. The method adopted was to abolish the existing duties on all articles, and to

Emergency

of India or any part of it. Is a situation in which the head of the State assumes extraordinary powers for defending the State against external threats and for maintaining internal order, Dictionary of Constitutional and Parliamentary … Emergency, means a situation which is not normal, a situation which calls for urgent remedial action. Break-down of the Constitutional machinery in a State does gives rise to a situation of emergency, S.R.

Tithe Rent-Charge

11 relates to compulsory redemption (supra), and see s. 15, also s. 29 as to corn rents and extraordinary tithe rent-charge. The legal incidents of annuities are st out in s. 13. Sec. 14 provides for remissions … the City of London, (1913) 1 KB 40. When the rent-charge was in arrear for twenty-one days, the remedy was, until 1891, in every case by distress on the land; but the Tithe Act, 1891, effected a

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