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noun
1.
Law.
a.
a formal order under seal, issued in the name of a sovereign, government, court, or other competent authority, enjoining the officer or other person to whom it is issued or addressed to do or refrain from some specified act.
b.
(in early English law) any formal document in letter form, under seal, and in the sovereign's name.
2.
something written; a writing: sacred writ.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Old Norse rit writing, Gothic writs letter. See write
before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Old Norse rit writing, Gothic writs letter. See write
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writ
O.E. writ "something written, piece of writing," from the past participle stem of writan (see write). Used of legal documents or instruments since at least 1121.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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