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 noun 
 Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English wrītan to write Date: before 12th century something written ;  writing  , 
 
 2. a formal written document, 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 , the power and authority of the issuer of such a written order

 writ large 
 phrasal on a larger scale or in a more prominent manner

 writ of assistance 
 Date: 1706 a writ issued to a law officer (as a sheriff or marshal) for the enforcement of a court order or decree, a writ used especially in colonial America authorizing a law officer to search in unspecified locations for unspecified illegal goods

 writ of certiorari 
 Date: circa 1532  certiorari  

 writ of error 
 Date: 15th century a common law writ directing an inferior court to remit the record of a legal action to the reviewing court in order that an error of law may be corrected if it exists

 writ of extent 
 Date: 1590 a writ formerly used to recover debts of record to the British crown and under which the lands, goods, and person of the debtor might all be seized to secure payment

 writ of habeas corpus 
 Date: 1762  habeas corpus  

 writ of mandamus 
 Date: 1820  mandamus  

 writ of prohibition 
 Date: 1802 a writ issued by a superior court to prevent an inferior court from acting beyond its jurisdiction

 writ of right 
 Date: 15th century a common law writ for restoring to its owner property held by another, a writ granted as a matter of right

 writ of summons 
 Date: 1660 a writ issued on behalf of the British monarch summoning a lord spiritual or a lord temporal to attend parliament

 writ small 
 phrasal on a smaller scale