Writ

That had been the document they called the Writ of Liberation!

Starchild Omnibus Pohl, Frederik & Williamson, Jack 1963

A Writ is a written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do or stop doing something.

On the Right Track Marion Jones 2010

A Writ is a written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do or stop doing something.

On the Right Track Marion Jones 2010

A Writ is a written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do or stop doing something.

On the Right Track Marion Jones 2010

Early this morning, attorneys for Al Gore filed a request with the state court asking for what's known as a Writ of Mandamus, asking them to force Miami-Dade County to begin counting votes again.

CNN Transcript Nov 23, 2000 2000

You have not accounted for the so-called Writ of Liberation.

Starchild Omnibus Pohl, Frederik & Williamson, Jack 1963

He says that it is the only astronomical theory that accords with Holy Writ, which is what commends it to the Rev. John Jasper.

The Life of Rev. John Jasper, Pastor of Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., from His Birth to the Present Time, with His Theory on the Rotation of the Sun 1884

Essentially, this is what is referred to as a Writ or Bill of Attainder, and which is specifically banned in the Constitution.

Capitol Hill Blue - The oldest political news site on the Internet 2009

Supreme Court has set dates in which Barack Obama, the DNC and all co-Defendants are to respond to the Writ, which is on or before December 1, 2008.

In The Days 2008

It will make your commentary on this case sound marginally less silly if you avoid using terminology like "Writ" which was, in English legal procedure, abolished last century.

Making Light: Rowling's being sued for plagiarism again 2010