English > writ: 1 sense > noun 1, communication| Meaning | (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer. |
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| Synonym | judicial writ |
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| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
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| Narrower | assize | An ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property |
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| attachment | A writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding |
| certiorari, writ of certiorari | A common ... / common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case |
| court order | A writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something |
| fieri facias | A writ ordering a levy on the belongings of a debtor to satisfy the debt |
| habeas corpus, writ of habeas corpus | A writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge |
| mandamus, writ of mandamus | An extraordinary writ commanding an official to perform a ministerial act that the law recognizes as an absolute duty and not a matter for the official's discretion |
| scire facias | A judicial writ based on some record and requiring the party against whom it is brought to show cause why the record should not be enforced or annulled / annulled |
| sequestration | A writ that authorizes the seizure of property |
| subpoena, subpoena ad testificandum | A writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding |
| subpoena duces tecum | A writ issued by a court at the request of one of the parties to a suit |
| summons, process | A writ issued by authority of law |
| venire facias | A judicial writ ordering a sheriff to summon people for jury duty |
| warrant | A writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts |
| writ of detinue | A writ ordering the release of goods that have been unlawfully detained |
| writ of election | A writ ordering the holding of an election |
| writ of error | A judicial writ from an appellate court ordering the court of record to produce the records of trial |
| writ of prohibition | A judicial writ from a higher court ordering a lower court not to exercise jurisdiction in a particular case |
| writ of right | A writ ordering that land be restored to its rightful owner |
| Broader | legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument | (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right |
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| Spanish | disposición, mandato, orden, requisitoria |
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| Catalan | disposició, manament, mandat, ordre, prescrit, requisitòria |
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