writ meaning
Noun: writ rit
Usage: archaic
- (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
- judicial writ
Usage: archaic
- Past participle of write; written
Sounds like: rit.
Derived forms: writs
Type of: instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document
Encyclopedia: Writ
[Business]
noun [C]
(Law )
a legal document from a court telling sb to do or not to do sth:
The company has been served with a writ for breach of contract.
We intend to issue a writ against the newspaper.
[Economics]
An order issued by a court. A writ of summons is an order by which an action in the High Court is started. It commands the defendant to appear before the court to answer the claim made in the writ by the plaintiff. It is used in actions in tort, claims alleging fraud, and claims for damages in respect of personal injuries, death, or infringement of patent. A writ of execution is used to enforce a judgment; it is addressed to a court officer instructing that officer to carry out an act, such as collecting money or seizing property. A writ of delivery is a writ of execution directing a sheriff to seize goods and deliver them to the plaintiff or to obtain their value in money, according to an agreed assessment. If the defendant has no option to pay the assessed value, the writ is a writ of specific delivery.
[Finance]
A formal document written by a judge or official requiring specific action.
[Law]
n. An order issued by a court in the sovereign's name that directs some act or forebearance. Originally, a writ was an instrument under seal bearing some command of the sovereign.
Examples
More: Next- you should n't treat the newspapers as if they were holy writ.
- i think you'd better give me a writ for that bag at gun lodge station.
- during the civil war, writs of habeas corpus were ignored, and civil trials gave way to military trials.
- so many guests invite as here are writ
