writ
33
8.2
- noun
- /rɪt/
- Formal
:
orden judicial
- The daughter refused to do so, and the court issued a refusal writ against her.
- writ of habeas corpus
- writ of mandamus
- issue a writ
And these companies have been granted a special writ from the King.
- And these companies have been granted a special writ from the King.
- They think of every type of writ they could.
- And so we were telling the the the Supreme Court, we didn't abuse the writ.
- And despite us being served a writ on the first day of opening, the Dublin store is now in our top three performing stores.
- I went back to court to basically contest the writ of Habus corpus and more corruption took place while I was there.
Examples
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The United States Supreme Court denied a petition for a writ of certiorari on December 12, 2016.
Academic text (2017) -
This is a writ from the U.S. District Court ordering the release of all persons being held in this stadium.
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- I got a writ I need you to sign.
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And tomorrow I will file a writ against the prison... ...and we'll call a press conference.
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The court did find, however, that a more limited writ was required.
Academic text (2000) -
And these companies have been granted a special writ from the King.
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I'd like you to grant an alternative writ for tomorrow morning.
Fiction book (1999) -
I need a writ, Abe, saying I was born free.
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I am very sorry. sir... but I have a writ of attachment against you... and the suit of the Savoy Hotel Company Limited... for 762 pounds, 14 shillings.
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I am holding in my hand a writ from a federal judge.
Synonyms
1
8.2
A document from a court that orders someone to do or stop something
Idioms
Compounds
- Formal
4
9.9
An order to bring a prisoner before a judge to check if being held is legal
- Formal
1
9.9
An order from a high court telling a lower court to send case papers for review
- Formal
1
9.9
A court order that tells a government official to do a legal duty after other options fail
- Formal
1
9.9
A court order that lets an officer take and sell someone's property to pay money ordered by the court
- Archaic
An order from a court to make someone return things kept from their owner
- Archaic
An official order from a higher court asking a lower court to send trial papers to be checked for mistakes
- Formal
An order from a higher court that stops a lower court from hearing a case outside its power
How Binding
- Formal
33
8.2
- Formal
78
8.0
- Formal
108
3.5
- Formal
128
6.1
455
1.2
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Writ comes from an old English word meaning 'written thing' and is from the same root as write ('to write'). Because it originally meant a paper with instructions, a writ today is a formal written order from a court.