Mandamus

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Mandamus ( Latin: we arrange ) is a legal term that denotes a court decision in the secondary matter, i.e. any order or decree, usually directed to a third party or a government agency, that is not a final judgment in the main process. Classic cases are measures for provisional legal protection , the submission of files or the detention test ( mandamus habeas corpus ).

The main decision is of antonymic importance .