writ

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

writ [writ writs] noun, verb BrE [rɪt] NAmE [rɪt]
noun ~ (for sth) (against sb)
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 fully intend to issue a writ against the newspaper.
see also ↑Holy Writ

Word Origin:
n. Old English, as a general term denoting written matter, from the Germanic base of ↑write.

Example Bank:
•A writ was filed in the High Court.
•Creditors could obtain a writ for the arrest of their debtors.
•He can file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
•He has been served with a High Court writ.
•The Supreme Court granted a writ.
•The businessmen have issued a writ against the authority for damages.
•The lawyer came to serve a writ on him.
•a writ for damages/libel
•a writ of execution/summons
Idiom: ↑writ large
 
verb (old use) past part. of ↑write

Word Origin:
n. Old English, as a general term denoting written matter, from the Germanic base of ↑write.