alternative writ of mandamus
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A writ, issued by the court in the beginning of a mandamus proceeding under older practice, which corresponds to a common-law declaration or to a complaint or petition in an ordinary action and usually deemed to be the first pleading in the cause.
In it all the material facts on which the relator relies must be distinctly set forth, so that they may be admitted or traversed, and by the writ the defendant is called on to perform the particular act sought to be enforced, or, by a return, to deny the facts alleged therein, or to state other matters sufficient to defeat the relator's application. 35 Am J1st Mand § 348.
The more modern practice makes use of an order to show cause, permitting this to be in the alternative of performing the act sought to be commanded or showing cause why it should not be commanded. 35 Am J1st Mand § 347.
Ballentine's law dictionary.
Anderson, W.S..
1998.
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