writ.
A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.
Meaning & usage
A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.
A document ordering that an election be conducted.
An order issued by the House of Lords summoning peers to the Chamber.
Authority, power to enforce compliance.
That which is written; writing.
Where this word comes from
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”).
simple past of write
past participle of write up
Where this word comes from
From Middle English writ, write, from Old English write.
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