Writ



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.命令状, 书面命令

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English wrītan to write
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. something written ; writing <Sacred Writ>
• 2.
  • a. a formal written document; specifically a legal instrument in epistolary form issued under seal in the name of the English monarch
  • b. an order or mandatory process in writing issued in the name of the sovereign or of a court or judicial officer commanding the person to whom it is directed to perform or refrain from performing an act specified therein <writ of detinue><writ of entry><writ of execution>
  • c. the power and authority of the issuer of such a written order — usually used with run<outside the United States where…our writ does not run — Dean Acheson>

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