| 单词 | a person's writ does not run |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa person's (an organization's, etc.) writ does not run P2. a person's (etc.) writ runs: the power or authority of a person, organization, state, etc., is recognized or effective in a specified place or sphere (cf. run v. 61a). In early use with specific reference to the written authority of a monarch, court, etc. Frequently in negative contexts, as a person's (an organization's, etc.) writ does not run. Π 1594 W. West Of Chancerie sig. R4v in Symbolæogr.: 2nd Pt. It may be he was borne where the kinges writ runneth not, as in Ireland, Calice, Barwicke, &c. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Rrr4v Tabling of Fines, is the making of a table for euery countie, where his Maiesties writ runneth, conteining the contents of euery fine, that shall passe in any one terme. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. vi. 79 An exclusive jurisdiction..in which the king's ordinary writ does not run. 1890 S. Lane-Poole Barbary Corsairs i. viii. 86 It may be doubted whether the Sultan's writ would have run in either of his new provinces. 1892 Ld. Tennyson Foresters iv. 48 Lawful King, Whose writ will run thro' all the range of life. 1931 J. Buchan Blanket of Dark xiv. 330 The writ of England shall run from Thule and the Ebudes to the Narrow Seas. 1962 Listener 11 Jan. 51/2 Inside the area which a substantial power regards as its own backyard, the writ of the United Nations does not run. 1981 G. Priestland At Large (1983) 122 I have a sneaking primitive feeling..that God's writ does not entirely run at sea. 2002 Nation (N.Y.) 13 May 9/1 The one place in the world where a superpower's writ does not run. < as lemmas |
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