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• Holy Writ (noun)
  1. writing or instructions that people treat as if it were completely true in every detail
  2. old-fashioned the Bible
• judicial writ (noun)
  1. law a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
• writ large (adjective)
  1. made more obvious or prominent
• writ of certiorari (noun)
  1. law a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case
• writ of detinue (noun)
  1. law a writ ordering the release of goods that have been unlawfully detained
• writ of election (noun)
  1. law a writ ordering the holding of an election
• writ of error (noun)
  1. law a judicial writ from an appellate court ordering the court of record to produce the records of trial
• writ of execution (noun)
  1. law a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out
• writ of habeas corpus (noun)
  1. law a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge
• writ of mandamus (noun)
  1. law 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; used only when all other judicial remedies fail
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