writ
Noun
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(law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer (synset 106564975)
referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authorityis a type of: instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document - (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some rightsubtypes:
- court order - a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something
- warrant - a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts
- assize - an ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property
- certiorari, writ of certiorari - a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case
- habeas corpus, writ of habeas corpus - a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge
- venire facias - a judicial writ ordering a sheriff to summon people for jury duty
- mandamus, writ of mandamus - 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
- attachment - a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding
- fieri facias - a writ ordering a levy on the belongings of a debtor to satisfy the debt
- scire facias - a judicial writ based on some record and requiring the party against whom it is brought to show cause why the record should not be enforced or annulled
- sequestration - a writ that authorizes the seizure of property
- writ of detinue - a writ ordering the release of goods that have been unlawfully detained
- writ of election - a writ ordering the holding of an election
- writ of error - a judicial writ from an appellate court ordering the court of record to produce the records of trial
- writ of prohibition - a judicial writ from a higher court ordering a lower court not to exercise jurisdiction in a particular case
- writ of right - a writ ordering that land be restored to its rightful owner
- process, summons - a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant
- subpoena, subpoena ad testificandum - a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court
- subpoena duces tecum - a writ issued by a court at the request of one of the parties to a suit; it requires a witness to bring to court or to a deposition any relevant documents under the witness's control
same as: judicial writ
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