[rɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a form of written command in the name of a court or other legal authority to act, or abstain from acting, in a particular way
(e.g: the two reinstated officers issued a writ for libel against the applicants)

- a piece or body of writing


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Origin:
Old English writ, as a general term denoting written matter, from the Germanic base of write

[rɪt], (Verb)

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Phrases:
- writ large

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