writ
noun
[ rɪt ]
• a form of written command in the name of a court or other legal authority to act, or abstain from acting, in a particular way.
• "the two reinstated officers issued a writ for libel against the applicants"
Similar:
summons,
subpoena,
warrant,
arraignment,
indictment,
court order,
process,
decree,
citation,
subpoena ad testificandum,
• a piece or body of writing.
Origin:
Old English, as a general term denoting written matter, from the Germanic base of write.
writ
verb
• archaic past participle of write.
writ large
• clear and obvious.
• "the unspoken question was writ large upon Rose's face"
