Uk English Meaning of writs
writs
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writs
a writ issued by a court under its own seal for judicial purposes in the course of a proceeding or to enforce a judgment compare original writ in this entry, a letter that was issued in the name of the English monarch from Anglo-Saxon times to declare his grants, wishes, and commands, a legal instrument in epistolary form issued under seal in the name of the English monarch, a written legal order signed by a court officer, an order or mandatory process in writing issued in the name of the sovereign or of a court or judicial officer commanding the person to whom it is directed to perform or refrain from performing a specified act, a writ issued upon the failure of a previous one, an order or mandatory process in writing issued in the name of the sovereign or of a court or judicial officer commanding the person to whom it is directed to perform or refrain from performing an act specified therein, something written, a writ (as of mandamus) that presents an absolute order without the alternative to show cause, a writ commanding one to perform a mandated act or else to show cause why the act need not be performed compare peremptory writ in this entry, a formal written document, the power and authority of the issuer of such a written order, a writ formerly used in England that issued out of chancery as the means of bringing a suit and defendant before the court compare judicial writ in this entry, a writ granted as an extraordinary remedy at the discretion of the court in its jurisdiction over officials or inferior tribunals
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writs
a writ issued by a court under its own seal for judicial purposes in the course of a proceeding or to enforce a judgment compare original writ in this entry,
summonses,warrants,processes,tickets
No antonyms found.
writing up => Writing up, writing off => writing off, writing down => writing down, write-ups => write-ups, write-up => Write-up,
