writ
noun /rɪt/
/rɪt/
- writ (for something) (against somebody) a legal document from a court telling somebody to do or not to do something
- The company has been served with a writ for breach of contract.
- We fully intend to issue a writ against the newspaper.
Extra ExamplesTopics Law and justicec2- A writ was filed in the High Court.
- Creditors could obtain a writ for the arrest of their debtors.
- He can file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
- He has been served with a High Court writ.
- The Supreme Court granted a writ.
- The businessmen have issued a writ against the authority for damages.
- The lawyer came to serve a writ on him.
- a writ for damages/libel
- a writ of execution/summons
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- legal
- High Court
- libel
- …
- apply for
- seek
- obtain
- …
- in a/the writ
- writ against
- writ for
- …
- an application for a writ of…
- a petition for a writ of…
Word Originnoun Old English, as a general term denoting written matter, from the Germanic base of write.