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law: an order issued by a court or judicial officer

or more rarely:

archaic term for written or wrote

writ = an order issued by a court or judicial officer

She had a writ of habeas corpus, but the right was temporarily suspended in the troubled country.

writ = an order issued by a court

writ = written

I am sent to find those persons whose names are here writ,
William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet

writ = written

writ = written

"I must admit, Lewis, that it is highly unlikely that the judge will issue a writ for the blacks," Baldwin said.
Alexs Pate -- Amistad

writ = an order issued by a court or judicial officer

Why, she hath not writ to me?
William Shakespeare -- The Two Gentlemen of Verona

writ = archaic term for written or wrote

writ = an order issued by a court or judicial officer

—O, give me thy hand, One writ with me in sour misfortune's book!
William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet

writ = written

Or, if his mind be writ, give me his letter.
William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet

writ = written

So many guests invite as here are writ.
William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet

writ = written

  This night you shall behold him at our feast;
  Read o'er the volume of young Paris' face,
  And find delight writ there with beauty's pen;
William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet

writ = written

...and can never find what names the writing person hath here writ.
William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet

writ = written

writ = wrote

The law, based upon the Bible, and the Bible, writ by Almighty God, forbid the practice of witchcraft, and describe death as the penalty thereof.
Arthur Miller -- The Crucible
Erased and writ-ten over.
Ted Dekker -- White: The Great Pursuit
Together, his two books were called the Hive-Queen and the Hegemon, and they were holy writ.
Orson Scott Card -- Ender's Game
Look at that shirt—every last inch of it kivered over with secret African writ'n done with blood!
Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies.
Alexis de Toqueville -- Democracy In America, Volume 2
] CORV: And credit nothing the false spirit hath writ: It cannot be, but he's possest grave fathers.
Ben Jonson -- Volpone

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