| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - The Supreme Court first defined the two extraordinary writs requested: Mandamus is used to compel a public official to perform a ministerial act that the official has refused to perform, or to vacate the result of a public official???s act that was performed arbitrarily or in bad faith, while a writ of prohibition is used to prevent subordinate courts or other tribunals, officers or persons fro
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