Meaning & use
writs
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Formal written orders issued by a court or other legal authority instructing someone to do or stop doing a specified act.
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The court issued writs ordering the company to stop construction immediately.
Lawyers filed several writs to challenge the election results.
A note on using this word
Writs is the plural of 'writ'; the word is almost always encountered in legal contexts, such as a 'writ of habeas corpus'.
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