Ohio Revised Code
Ohio Rev. Code § 2731.16 (2026)
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Sections 2731.14 and 2731.15 of the Revised Code do not limit the power of the court to carry its order and judgment into execution, or to punish any officer named therein for contempt or disobedience of its orders or writs.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1983–2018 · leading case: Harris v. Ohio Dep't of Vets. Servs., 2018 Ohio 2165 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018).
Harris v. Ohio Dep't of Vets. Servs., 2018 Ohio 2165 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). “R.C. 2731.16 sets forth the explicit power of the court in issuing a writ of mandamus "to carry its order and judgment into execution, or to punish any officer named therein for contempt or disobedience of its orders or writs" and that other sections of the mandamus statute do…”
State ex rel. Celebrezze v. Ohio Fifth Dist. Court of Appeals, 448 N.E.2d 806 (Ohio 1983). “*4 Pursuant to R.C. 2731.16, this court is not limited in its power “* * * to carry its order and judgment into execution, or to punish any officer named therein for contempt or disobedience of its order or writs.”
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