单词 | writ-proof |
释义 | > as lemmaswrit-proof writ-proof adj. that is not subject to or susceptible to being served a writ; not vulnerable to legal action or challenge. ΚΠ 1840 C. J. Lever Charles O'Malley ii, in Dublin Univ. Mag. Mar. 348/1 For many a year [O'Malley] had passed among the myrmidons of the law, as writ-proof. 1912 M. N. Murfree Raid of Guerilla 76 Ross is writ-proof, the old fool. 1971 K. Amis Girl, 20 (1973) vi. 156 This is only the first draft. You can take it from me that the final version will be writ-proof. 2015 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 3 Jan. (Spectrum section) 21 Journalists must be succinct, lively and clear. Writ-proof too, hence the dialect of attribution, where we read of clear signals, inside sources and eminent figures declining to comment. < as lemmas |
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