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rɪtwrit

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. writ, judicial writnoun

    (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer

    Synonyms:
    judicial writ

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Dictionary of English Synonymes2.0 / 1 vote

  1. writnoun

    Synonyms:
    writing, scripture

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "writ":

    writs, brief, anyway, short, warrant, summons, bref

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How to use writ in a sentence?

  1. Nic Robertson:

    The army by its retreat yesterday, and the police by their retreat as well, have really shown that there are question marks over the government's ability to impose its writ in Kunduz, at least in the short term.

  2. Michael King:

    Part of it is calling into question the legitimacy of our elections, writ large, and a lot of partisan elected officials are using it to energize their base and potentially fundraise off of it.

  3. William Shakespeare:

    But then I sigh, and with a piece of scripture,Tell them that God bids us do good for evil.And thus I clothe my naked villainyWith odd old ends stolen forth of holy writ,And seem I a saint, when most I play the Devil.

  4. Steve Vladeck:

    One of the questions the Court has agreed to take up in these cases is whether, in delegating the power to The EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, Congress exceeded those limits, if the Court says yes, that will not just curtail the EPA's power to respond to climate change in a moment in which it's hard to imagine that Congress will fill the gap ; it would have enormous implications for -- and impose far greater limits on -- the federal government's regulatory power writ large.

  5. Jeffrey Hussey:

    That's where the eviction moratorium stopped the process in Florida, even if a writ of possession had been issued, it stopped the sheriff from giving the tenant 24 hours to leave.


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