Match each writ to what it does

Exercise and reference answers

Matching pairs

1. Left

   Habeas corpus

   Right

   Produce the detained person before court

2. Left

   Mandamus

   Right

   Order an official to do their legal duty

3. Left

   Prohibition

   Right

   A higher court stops a lower one going on

4. Left

   Quo warranto

   Right

   Question a person's right to an office

5. Left

   Certiorari

   Right

   Move a case up from a lower court

Instructions

Tap a writ on the left, then tap what it does.

Explanation