writ

Etymology
From, from and , from , from ,. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.
 * 2) Authority, power to enforce compliance.
 * 3)  That which is written; writing.
 * 4) A written order, issued by the British House of Commons, ordering a parliamentary by-election, or an order, issued by the Lord Chancellor, ordering a general election, or one issued by the House of Lords summoning Peers to the Chamber.
 * 1)  That which is written; writing.
 * 2) A written order, issued by the British House of Commons, ordering a parliamentary by-election, or an order, issued by the Lord Chancellor, ordering a general election, or one issued by the House of Lords summoning Peers to the Chamber.
 * 1) A written order, issued by the British House of Commons, ordering a parliamentary by-election, or an order, issued by the Lord Chancellor, ordering a general election, or one issued by the House of Lords summoning Peers to the Chamber.
 * 1) A written order, issued by the British House of Commons, ordering a parliamentary by-election, or an order, issued by the Lord Chancellor, ordering a general election, or one issued by the House of Lords summoning Peers to the Chamber.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: písemný příkaz
 * Dutch:, gerechterlijke opdracht,
 * Finnish: oikeuden määräys
 * French:
 * German:, Gerichtsurkunde, , Zwangsbefehl
 * Hungarian:, bírósági végzés, bírói végzés, hivatalos okirat
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Maori: tāmana, whakahau-ā-pukapuka
 * Polish: nakaz sądowy
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, распоряже́ние суда́
 * Spanish: decreto judicial,, , requerimiento judicial
 * Swedish:


 * Czech:, mandát


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Gothic: 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Usage notes

 * The form writ survives in standard dialects in the phrase writ large as well as in works aiming for an intentionally poetic or archaic style. It remains common in some dialects (e.g. Scouse).

Etymology
From, whence also 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) writ