Multiple choice

A command by the court asking a public authority to perform its public duty is called the writ of

  1. mandamus

  2. quo warranto

  3. prohibition

  4. certiorari

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Explanation

Mandamus is a judicial remedy in the form of an order from a superior court, to any government subordinate court, corporation or public authority to do or forbear from doing some specific act, which that body is obliged under law to do.