writ

noun

1. 1.

   countablelaw

   A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.

2. 2.

   countableuk

   An order issued by the House of Lords summoning peers to the Chamber.

3. 3.

   uncountable

   Authority, power to enforce compliance.

4. 4.

   countableAustraliaCanadaNew ZealandUK

   A document ordering that an election be conducted.

Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

• writingnounInflected form

  The act of creating written works.

• writernounInflected form

  Writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay).

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

• writ of mandamusnounCompound term

  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.

• writ of prohibitionnounCompound term

  A judicial writ from a higher court ordering a lower court not to exercise jurisdiction in a particular case.

• writ of rightnounCompound term

  A writ ordering that land be restored to its rightful owner.

• writing armnounCompound term

  An arm of a tablet-armed chair.

• writing assignmentnounCompound term

  An assignment to write something.

• writing boardnounCompound term

  Work surface consisting of a wide lightweight board that can be placed across the lap and used for writing.

Related words

Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.

• writtenadjectiveRelated term

  Set down in writing in any of various ways.

• write downverbRelated term

  Put down in writing.

• write outverbRelated term

  Put into writing.

• write upverbRelated term

  Bring to public notice by writing, with praise or condemnation.

• writer's crampnounRelated term

  Muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil.

• written documentnounRelated term

  Writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature).