Writ

/ɹɪt/

Synonyms for "writ" (62 found)

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Closest matches (13)

Noun(5 words)
civil processclaim formcourt commandcourt ordercourt summons

Strong matches (18)

dossierfieri faciasfileformhabere facias possessionemholographinjunctioninstrumentinterdictlegal documentlegal instrumentlegal paper
Noun(6 words)
enforcement writexecution writjudicial orderjudicial writlegal orderlegal writ

Related words (31)

mandamusmandatemandatory injunctionmittimusnisi priusnoticenotificationofficial documentpaperpapersparchmentpersonal filepreceptprocessprohibitory injunctionrollscripscriptscrollsearch warrant
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subpoenasummonswarrantwarrant of arrestwarrant of attorneywriting

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More general

6 entries
court documentcourt orderinstrumentlegal documentlegal instrumentofficial document

More specific

9 entries
mandamus writnotice to appearwrit of attachmentwrit of certiorariwrit of habeas corpuswrit of mandamuswrit of possessionwrit of prohibitionwrit of summons

Collocations

6 entries
court writlegal writwrit of executionwrit of habeas corpuswrit of mandamuswrit of summons

Inflections

1 entries

Sample sentences

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That was well writ.

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My book became the Holy writ for all those engineers.

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Today we issue this writ, so that future generations may be free from persecution and domination.

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Much of the country remains in the grip of powerful local warlords with private armies to enforce their writ.

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