writ
A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do somethingA written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.
» That was well writ.
Значення
значень: 5(злічуване)A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.
Erlaß, Gerichtsurkunde, Verfügung
прика́зprikáz, распоряже́ние суда́rasporjažénije sudá
(law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
(Австралія, Канада, Нова Зеландія, Британія, злічуване)A document ordering that an election be conducted.
(Британія, злічуване)An order issued by the House of Lords summoning peers to the Chamber.
(незлічуване)Authority, power to enforce compliance.
(архаїчне, злічуване, незлічуване)That which is written; writing.
Приклади
речень: 4That was well writ.
Today we issue this writ, so that future generations may be free from persecution and domination.
Much of the country remains in the grip of powerful local warlords with private armies to enforce their writ.
deEin großer Teil des Landes ist weiterhin in der Gewalt mächtiger Kriegsfürsten, die ihre Erlasse mit privatem Militär erzwingen können. — Waldelfe
My book became the Holy writ for all those engineers.
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мов: 7За значеннями 1
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Походження
From Middle English writ, from Old English writ and ġewrit (“writing”), from Proto-GermaniFrom Middle English writ, from Old English writ and ġewrit (“writing”), from Proto-Germanic *writą (“fissure, writing”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey-, *wrī- (“to scratch, carve, ingrave”). Cognate with Scots writ (“writ, writing, handwriting”), Icelandic rit (“writing, writ, literary work, publication”).
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множина: writsСиноніми
синонімів: 2- (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer:judicial writ
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