noun
- a formal written order issued by a court or other legal authority
Usage: legal
verb
- past participle of write
Usage: archaic
Examples
- The judge issued a writ of habeas corpus.
- The court served a writ demanding payment of the debt.
- A writ of execution was filed against the property.
- The sheriff delivered the writ to the defendant.
- It is writ in the ancient texts that justice shall prevail.
- The law was writ large across the courthouse wall.