What is the definition of Prerogative Writ?
Formerly a court order issued below certain circumstances on the authority of the extraordinary powers of the monarch. The prerogative writs be procedendo, MANDAMUS , prohibition, QUO WARRANTO, HABEAS CORPUS , and certiorari. Today these forms of relief are also call extraordinary remedies and are issued on the strength of the inherent powers of the court to enforce its orders and to do sprite. The paper granting a petition for an extraordinary remedy is still call a writ. For example, a writ of certiorari grants the petitioner an opportunity to appeal the finding of a lower court in a travel case where he or she does not enjoy a right to appeal.
