{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-1451","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-1451","heading":"By and to whom writ issued - Function","body":"The writ of mandamus may be issued by the Supreme Court or the\n\ndistrict court, or any justice or judge thereof, during term, or at\n\nchambers, to any inferior tribunal, corporation, board or person, to\n\ncompel the performance of any act which the law specially enjoins as\n\na duty, resulting from an office, trust or station; but though it\n\nmay require an inferior tribunal to exercise its judgment or proceed\n\nto the discharge of any of its functions, it cannot control judicial\n\ndiscretion.","path":["OK Code","Title 12"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os12.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"74737f1d928d20b20570e412282341a0c3e4b806af7d7d587d242d73ddbd82af","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-1450","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-1452"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}