Meaning of Writ

English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Writ

1. 1
   obs.

   3d pers. sing. pres. of Write, for writeth.

2. 2

   imp. & p. p. of Write.

3. 3
   n.

   That which is written; writing; scripture; -- applied especially to the Scriptures, or the books of the Old and New testaments; as, sacred writ.

4. 4
   n.

   An instrument in writing, under seal, in an epistolary form, issued from the proper authority, commanding the performance or nonperformance of some act by the person to whom it is directed; as, a writ of entry, of error, of execution, of injunction, of mandamus, of return, of summons, and the like.

5. 5
   Archaic imp. & p. p.

   of Write