Definitions for writ
rɪtwrit

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. writ, judicial writnoun

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. writnoun

   A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.

2. writverb

   (normally, written) and used in the phrase writ large

3. Etymology: writ-, whence also Old High German riz, Old Norse rit

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Writnoun

   Etymology: from write.

   1. Any thing written; scripture. This sense is now chiefly used in speaking of the Bible.

   The church, as a witness, preacheth his mere revealed truth, by reading publickly the sacred Scripture; so that a second kind of preaching is the reading of holy writ. Richard Hooker.

   Divine Eliza, sacred empress,
   Live she for ever, and her royal places
   Be fill’d with praises of divinest wits,
   That her eternize with their heavenly writs. Edmund Spenser.

   Bagdat rises out of the ruins of the old city of Babylon, so much spoken of in holy writ. Richard Knolles, Hist. of the Turks.

   Others famous after known,
   Although in holy writ not nam’d. Paradise Regain’d.

   He cannot keep his fingers from meddling with holy writ. Henry More, Divine Dialogues.

   Sacred writ our reason does exceed. Edmund Waller.

   His story, filled with so many surprising incidents, bears so close an analogy with what is delivered in holy writ, that it is capable of pleasing the most delicate reader, without giving offence to the most scrupulous. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

   Of ancient writ unlocks the learned store,
   Consults the dead, and lives past ages o’er. Alexander Pope.

   2. A judicial process.

   Hold up your head: hold up your hand,
   Wou’d it were not my lot to shew ye
   This cruel writ, wherein you stand
   Indicted by the name of Cloe. Matthew Prior.

   3. A legal instrument.

   The king is fled to London,
   To call a present court of parliament:
   Let us pursue him, ere the writs go forth. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.

   I folded the writ up in form of th’ other,
   Subscrib’d it, gave the impression, plac’d it safely,
   The changeling never known. William Shakespeare.

   For every writ of entry, whereupon a common recovery is to be suffered, the queen’s fine is to be rated upon the writ original, if the lands comprised therein be held. John Ayliffe.

2. Writ

   The preterite of write.

   When Sappho writ,
   By their applause the criticks show’d their wit. Matthew Prior.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. writ

   A writ is a legal document.

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1. writ

   A writ is a formal written order or directive issued by a legal authority, such as a court or a governmental agency, instructing or compelling a person to perform or refrain from performing a specific act. It often serves as a legal command with legal consequences if not followed. It is mostly used in law-related contexts.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Writ

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

2. Writ

   imp. & p. p. of Write

3. Writnoun

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

4. Writnoun

   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

5. Writ

   of Write

6. Etymology: [AS. writ, gewrit. See Write.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Writ

   In common law, a writ is a formal written order issued by a body with administrative or judicial jurisdiction; in modern usage, this body is generally a court. Warrants, prerogative writs and subpoenas are common types of writs but there are many others.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Writ

   rit, obsolete pa.t. and pa.p. of write.

2. Writ

   rit, n. a writing: (law) a written document by which one is summoned or required to do something: a formal document, any writing.—Holy Writ, the Scriptures.—Serve a writ on, to deliver a summons to.

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1. WRIT

   What does WRIT stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the WRIT acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Law
   • Legal Document

How to pronounce writ?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say writ in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of writ in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of writ in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of writ in a Sentence

1. Kevin Cassiday-Maloney:

   It just felt like hubris, it almost felt like a desecration of the holy book to put his signature on the front writ large, literally.

2. Leo Terrell:

   She has damaged her chances for future custodial rights, she disobeyed a court order to return the children. A writ of habeas corpus was filed by the ex-husband and granted by a New York Court ordering her to turn over the children to the paternal grandmother. Kelly received bad legal advice to defy the court order.

3. Dorothy Parker:

   I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do any thing. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more.

4. Steve Vladeck:

   One of the questions the Court has agreed to take up in these cases is whether, in delegating the power to The EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, Congress exceeded those limits, if the Court says yes, that will not just curtail the EPA's power to respond to climate change in a moment in which it's hard to imagine that Congress will fill the gap ; it would have enormous implications for -- and impose far greater limits on -- the federal government's regulatory power writ large.

5. William Shakespeare:

   And thus I clothe my naked villainy With old odd ends, stol'n forth of holy writ And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=writ
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Writ
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=writ
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writ
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/writ
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=writ
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=writ