writnoun
uk/rɪt/us/rɪt/writ noun (DOCUMENT)
[ C ] specialized law a legal document from a law court that tells you that you will be involved in a legal process and explains what you must do:
There have been at least seven writs issued against him for late payment of bills.
She has served a writ for libel on the newspaper (= she has delivered it to them officially).
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Court cases, orders & decisions
- actionable
- administer
- admissible
- affidavit
- affiliation order
- bail
- bale
- defend
- inadmissible
- injunction
- judgment
- judicature
- judicial
- plea
- remedy
- retrial
- Rex
- ruling
- separation
- sequester
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writ noun (AUTHORITY)
[ U ] formal the authority to rule or make laws:
holy writ
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UK politics: legislation & law-making
- abolish
- abrogate
- amendment
- assemblyman
- assemblywoman
- constitution
- constitutional
- jurisprudence
- lawmaker
- legalize
- legislate
- legislative
- legitimate
- passage
- prohibition
- proscribe
- quash
- repeal
- rescind
- rider
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writverb
uk/rɪt/us/rɪt/old usepast participle of write
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Writing & typing
- borrow
- chalk
- chronicle
- co-author
- compose
- copy
- creative writing
- enter
- fair sth out
- fire
- ghostwrite
- misspell
- orthography
- record
- run
- scrawl
- transcription
- typing
- write
- write sth up
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Idiom(s)
be writ large
writ large