writ

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/ɹɪt/

noun 5

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(noun.)

ADJ

High Court, Supreme Court, etc. | legal | libel, personal injury, etc.

VERB + WRIT

apply for, obtain

The lawyer decided to apply for a writ to stop the company from using the trademark.

file, issue, serve

The court decided to issue a writ against the company for failing to pay the damages.

be served with, receive

The tenant received a writ from the landlord demanding payment of overdue rent.

PREP

in a/the ~

The judge issued a court order, and all the parties involved in the writ had to appear before her.

~ against

The former employee filed a writ against her previous employer to recover unpaid wages.

~ for

The lawyer filed a writ for unlawful eviction on behalf of the tenant.

~ of

The court issued a writ of habeas corpus to protect the prisoner's rights.

Definitions

noun

A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.

A document ordering that an election be conducted.

An order issued by the House of Lords summoning peers to the Chamber.

Authority, power to enforce compliance.

We can't let them take advantage of the fact that there are so many areas of the world where no one's writ runs.

Within Lololand, of course, no Chinese writ runs, no Chinese magistrate holds sway, and the people, more or less divided among themselves, are under the government of their tribal chiefs.

That which is written; writing.

Then to his hands that writ he did betake, / Which he disclosing, red thus, as the paper spake.

Babylon, so much spoken of in Holy Writ

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Idioms & Phrases

drop the writ

To call a federal or provincial election.

Mr. Chrétien visited Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson and asked her to drop the writ, meaning that for the next 36 days, Canada will be hit with election fever.

proverbs should be writ in pairs

Alternative form of proverbs run in pairs.

Example Bank

We can't let them take advantage of the fact that there are so many areas of the world where no one's writ runs.

Wiktionary

Within Lololand, of course, no Chinese writ runs, no Chinese magistrate holds sway, and the people, more or less divided among themselves, are under the government of their tribal chiefs.

Wiktionary

Then to his hands that writ he did betake, / Which he disclosing, red thus, as the paper spake.

Wiktionary

That was well writ.

Tatoeba · #3279464

My book became the Holy writ for all those engineers.

Tatoeba · #5225017

Today we issue this writ, so that future generations may be free from persecution and domination.

Tatoeba · #10693832

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, writ is marked as archaic, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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