Definitions
(law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
Word origin
From Middle English writ, from Old English writ and ġewrit (“writing”), from Proto-Germanic *writą (“fissure, writing”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey-, *wrī- (“to scratch, carve, ingrave”). Cognate with Scots writ (“writ, writing, handwriting”), Icelandic rit (“writing, writ, literary work, publication”).
Used in a sentence
“We can't let them take advantage of the fact that there are so many areas of the world where no one's writ runs.”
“Within Lololand, of course, no Chinese writ runs, no Chinese magistrate holds sway, and the people, more or less divided among themselves, are under the government of their tribal chiefs.”
“Then to his hands that writ he did betake, / Which he disclosing, red thus, as the paper spake.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Court order”4 letters
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