Definition of writ Writ
/ɹɪˈt/ - [rit] - writ
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What does writ mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: writs |
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| writ - (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer | ||
| judicial writ | ||
| legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right | ||
| jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | ||
| court order a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something | ||
| warrant a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts | ||
| assize an ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property | ||
| certiorari, writ of certiorari a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case | ||
| writ of habeas corpus, habeas corpus the civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment | ||
| venire facias a judicial writ ordering a sheriff to summon people for jury duty | ||
| mandamus, writ of mandamus an extraordinary writ commanding an official to perform a ministerial act that the law recognizes as an absolute duty and not a matter for the official's discretion; used only when all other judicial remedies fail | ||
| attachment the act of attaching or affixing something | ||
| fieri facias a writ ordering a levy on the belongings of a debtor to satisfy the debt | ||
| scire facias a judicial writ based on some record and requiring the party against whom it is brought to show cause why the record should not be enforced or annulled | ||
| sequestration seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized | ||
| writ of detinue a writ ordering the release of goods that have been unlawfully detained | ||
| writ of election a writ ordering the holding of an election | ||
| writ of error a judicial writ from an appellate court ordering the court of record to produce the records of trial | ||
| writ of prohibition a judicial writ from a higher court ordering a lower court not to exercise jurisdiction in a particular case | ||
| writ of right a writ ordering that land be restored to its rightful owner | ||
| summons, process a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant | ||
| subpoena, subpoena ad testificandum a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court | ||
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- writ (obs.)
3d pers. sing. pres. of Write, for writeth. - writ
imp. & p. p. of Write. - writ (n.)
That which is written; writing; scripture; -- applied especially to the Scriptures, or the books of the Old and New testaments; as, sacred writ. - 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. - writ (Archaic imp. & p. p.)
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