prerogative writ
noun
A writ issued by a court in special circumstances, as (in Britain) under the exercise of royal prerogative.
Origin
Mid 17th century.
- prebendship
- prebiological
- prebiologist
- prebiology
- prebiotic
- prebiotic soup
- preboard
- pre-book
- pre-bookable
- Preboreal
- preborn
- prebrachial
- prebranchial
- prebronchial
- prebuccal
- prebuttal
- pre-Bötzinger complex
- prec.
- precalculable
- precalculate
- precalculated
- precalculation
- precalculus
- Precambrian
- pre-Canaanite