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Prohibition - Is The Writ Of Prohibition A Prerogative Writ?, Russel T. Walker
Prohibition - Is The Writ Of Prohibition A Prerogative Writ?, Russel T. Walker
Michigan Law Review
The writ of prohibition originally issued from the king's temporal courts to the ecclesiastical courts to prevent any usurpation of jurisdiction of the king's courts by the spiritual courts. Prohibition has been classed as one of the prerogative writs, that is, a writ issued by the extraordinary power of the sovereign to interfere with private rights in order to preserve the prerogatives and franchises of the state. The writ of prohibition differed historically from the other prerogative writs in that its issuance was not discretionary with the court, but rather it was held to issue as a matter of right …