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Definition[]

A writ is

[a] written order issued by a court in the name of a state or other competent authority, ordering the addressee to do or refrain from doing some specified act.[1]
[a] written court order directing a person to take, or refrain from taking, a certain act.[2]

References[]

  1. Society of American Archivists, Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology (full-text).
  2. U.S. Courts, Glossary of Legal Terms (full-text).