writ
Definition
Written order issued by a court in the name of the sovereign (the State) to (1) require the attendance of a defendant, (2) command a person to refrain from or to perform a specified act, or (3) give authority to have an act done (such as seizure of a property).
writ is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subject.
writ appears in the definitions of the following terms: writ of certiorari, writ of habeas corpus, acceptance of service, judgment in default, service, warrant, mandamus and action
writ appears in the other terms:
written resolution,
extraordinary writ,
writ of attachment,
write down,
buy and write,
written down value (WDV),
writeoff,
writing,
writer,
written data
and
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