Correct answer: (c) Prohibition – 'To be certified'
Explanation
- A
Habeas Corpus – 'To have the body of'
(a) Habeas Corpus – ‘To have the body of’. Correct Latin sense; the writ produces the detained person.
- B
Mandamus – 'We command'
(b) Mandamus – ‘We command’. Correct; it orders a public authority to perform a duty.
- C
Prohibition – 'To be certified'
(c) Prohibition – ‘To be certified’. Incorrect. ‘To be certified’ is certiorari. Prohibition means to forbid a lower court from exceeding jurisdiction. This unmatched pair is the official key.
- D
Quo-warranto – 'By what authority'
(d) Quo-warranto – ‘By what authority’. Correct; it questions the legal right to a public office.
Summary. Official key is (c) Prohibition – ‘To be certified’. That gloss belongs to certiorari. Habeas corpus, mandamus and quo warranto are correctly glossed. Honour the stored letter (c).