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