Writ

[Writ]

If you are ever served with a writ, then you better do what it says. A writ is a written document issuing a legal order.

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3d pers. sing. pres. of Write, for writeth.

Noun
(law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer

obs.
3d pers. sing. pres. of Write, for writeth.


imp. & p. p. of Write.

n.
That which is written; writing; scripture; -- applied especially to the Scriptures, or the books of the Old and New testaments; as, sacred writ.

n.
An instrument in writing, under seal, in an epistolary form, issued from the proper authority, commanding the performance or nonperformance of some act by the person to whom it is directed; as, a writ of entry, of error, of execution, of injunction, of mandamus, of return, of summons, and the like.

Archaic imp. & p. p.
of Write

Writ

Writ , obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Write, for writeth. Chaucer.

Writ

Writ, archaic imp. & p. p. of Write. Dryden.

Writ

Writ, n. [AS. writ, gewrit. See Write.] 1. That which is written; writing; scripture; -- applied especially to the Scriptures, or the books of the Old and New testaments; as, sacred writ. "Though in Holy Writ not named." Milton.
Then to his hands that writ he did betake, Which he disclosing read, thus as the paper spake.
Babylon, so much spoken of in Holy Writ.
2. (Law) An instrument in writing, under seal, in an epistolary form, issued from the proper authority, commanding the performance or nonperformance of some act by the person to whom it is directed; as, a writ of entry, of error, of execution, of injunction, of mandamus, of return, of summons, and the like. &hand; Writs are usually witnessed, or tested, in the name of the chief justice or principal judge of the court out of which they are issued; and those directed to a sheriff, or other ministerial officer, require him to return them on a day specified. In former English law and practice, writs in civil cases were either original or judicial; the former were issued out of the Court of Chancery, under the great seal, for the summoning of a defendant to appear, and were granted before the suit began and in order to begin the same; the latter were issued out of the court where the original was returned, after the suit was begun and during the pendency of it. Tomlins. Brande. Encyc. Brit. The term writ is supposed by Mr. Reeves to have been derived from the fact of these formul'91 having always been expressed in writing, being, in this respect, distinguished from the other proceedings in the ancient action, which were conducted orally. Writ of account, Writ of capias, etc. See under Account, Capias, etc. -- Service of a writ. See under Service.

3d pers. sing. pres. of Write, for writeth.

imp. & p. p. of Write.

That which is written; writing; scripture; -- applied especially to the Scriptures, or the books of the Old and New testaments; as, sacred writ.

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Usage Examples

Every one with this writ may be a tyrant if this commission be legal, a tyrant in a legal manner, also, may control, imprison, or murder any one within the realm.

Misspelled Form

Writ, Writ, rit, Writ, Werit, W4rit, W5rit, Wtrit, Wfrit, Weit, W4it, W5it, Wtit, Wfit, Wreit, Wr4it, Wr5it, Wrtit, Wrfit, Wruit, Wr8it, Wr9it, Wroit, Wrjit, Wrkit, Wrut, Wr8t, Wr9t, Wrot, Wrjt, Wrkt, Wriut, Wri8t, Wri9t, Wriot, Wrijt, Wrikt, Wrirt, Wri5t, Wri6t, Wriyt, Wrigt, Wrir, Wri5, Wri6, Wriy, Wrig, Writr, Writ5, Writ6, Writy, Writg.

Other Usage Examples

External nature is only internal nature writ large.