(Law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer.
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Examples for "writ"
Examples for "writ"
1After the writ's issued an election must be held within 44 days.
2However, its writ does not run in Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales.
3The names of the men of the countess are in the writ.
4The Scriptures for the human race are writ in earth and Heaven.
5In the meantime, I will proceed to the subject of this writ.
1A judicial writ ad inquirendum being executed, the prisons of his inquisition were laid open, and several innocent captives enlarged.
Translations for judicial writ