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Meanings of writ in English

Portuguese
mandado
Catalan
ordre
Spanish
requisitoria

(Law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer.

        mandado
        Usage of writ in English
        1
        After the writ's issued an election must be held within 44 days.
        Radio NZ
        2
        However, its writ does not run in Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales.
        The Irish Times
        3
        The names of the men of the countess are in the writ.
        Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
        4
        The Scriptures for the human race are writ in earth and Heaven.
        Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Fr...
        5
        In the meantime, I will proceed to the subject of this writ.
        James Otis, the Pre-Revolutionist
        6
        Neidigh points out a generation gap, writ in differing planter box styles.
        Wired
        7
        The writ includes details of her earnings, the Mail on Sunday reports.
        The Guardian
        8
        Here is a space where the writ of secular law hardly runs.
        The Guardian
        9
        The jailor told him the copy of the writ should be forthcoming.
        The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves
        10
        Knights and below were summoned by a general writ to the sheriff.
        Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
        11
        Karzai, whose writ does not stretch beyond major cities, has ordered investigations.
        Reuters
        12
        One early Truism is writ large on the side of the Baltic.
        The Guardian
        13
        The committee had in no way denied his authority or his writ.
        The Gray Dawn
        14
        The paper was a bail writ, demanding the body of the accused.
        Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
        15
        The privileges of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended.
        School History of North Carolina : from 1584 to the present time
        16
        No royal writ had summoned the Convention which recalled Charles the Second.
        The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
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        Portuguese
        mandadomandato
        Writ through the time
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