{"id":6736,"date":"2017-11-05T18:32:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T18:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=6736"},"modified":"2018-02-10T01:34:08","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T01:34:08","slug":"all-types-of-court-orders-%c2%a7-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=6736","title":{"rendered":"Types of Court Orders \u00a7 2:"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mandate<\/span> –\u00a0<\/strong>n. (16c) 1. An order from an appellate court directing a lower court to take\u00a0<\/strong>a specified action. 2. A judicial command directed to an officer of the court to enforce a\u00a0<\/strong>court order. 4.<\/strong> Roman & civil law<\/em>. A written command given by a principal to an agent;\u00a0<\/strong>specifically, a commission or contract by which one person<\/strong> (the mandator) requests\u00a0<\/strong>someone<\/strong> (the mandatary) to perform some service gratuitously, the commission\u00a0<\/strong>becoming effective when the mandatory agrees.<\/strong> \u2013 mandate, vb<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Types of Orders:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Injunction<\/a><\/span> – an order commanding or preventing an action that the plaintiff has shown to be necessary to prevent injury<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Subpoena<\/a><\/span> – command a person to appear in court, subject to a penalty for failing to comply<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Interlocutory<\/a><\/span> – a temporary order not constituting a final resolution of the whole controversy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Remittitur<\/a><\/span> – an order requiring a Plaintiff to choose between a new trial or lowering the damages amount below what the jury had awarded<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Peremptory Mandamus<\/span><\/a> – an absolute command to the defendant after they default on, or fail to show sufficient cause in answer to, an alternative mandamus<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Additur<\/a><\/span> – with the defendant’s consent, increases the jury’s award of damages to avoid a new trial on grounds of inadequate damages<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Minute Order<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>–\u00a0<\/em>An order recorded in the minutes of the court rather than directly on a case docket., often not directly relating to a case, such as an order adopting a local rule of court.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Show Cause Order<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>– <\/em>directs\u00a0a party to appear in court & explain why the party took\u00a0(or failed to take)\u00a0some action or why the court should or should not impose some sanction or grant some relief.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

References:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]:\u00a0All definitions from:\u00a0Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition\u00a0<\/i>by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner<\/a>. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[2]: 1 Henry Campbell Black, A Treatise on the Law of Judgments<\/em><\/a> \u00a7 1, at 5 (2d ed. 1902).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a01 A.C. Freeman, A Treatise of the Law of Judgments<\/a><\/em> \u00a7<\/strong><\/span>
\n 19, at 28 (Edward W. Tuttle ed., 5th ed. 1925).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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