writ
noun
uk/rɪt/us/rɪt/writnoun(DOCUMENT)
[C]lawspecialized
alegaldocumentfrom alawcourtthattellsyou that you will beinvolvedin alegalprocessandexplainswhat you must do:
（法庭的）传票，令状There have been at least seven writsissuedagainsthim for latepaymentofbills.他因迟付账单至少接到了7次法院传票。
She hasserveda writforlibelonthenewspaper(= she hasdeliveredit to themofficially).她已将起诉这家报纸诽谤的令状送达。
Official documents
- accounts
- affidavit
- aleatory
- annal
- apostille
- certify
- driving licence
- filing
- free pass
- get-out clause
- Green Paper
- Hansard
- prenuptial agreement
- proceedings
- pt
- PTO
- recertification
- recertify
- renewable
- warrant
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Court cases, orders & decisions
writnoun(AUTHORITY)
[U]formal
theauthoritytoruleor makelaws:
统治（或立法）的权威holywrit神圣的权威
UK politics: legislation & law-making
- abolish
- abrogate
- abrogation
- amend
- amendment
- assemblyman
- constitutional
- enforce
- gold plate
- Green Paper
- guillotine
- hard Brexitidiom
- jurisprudence
- presiding officer
- Prime Minister's Questions
- private member's bill
- prohibit
- prohibition
- sanction
- whip
writ
verb
old useuk/rɪt/us/rɪt/past participle ofwrite
（write 的过去分词）Writing & typing
- asemic
- bashsomethingout
- borrow
- calligrapher
- carriage return
- fair
- jot
- minute
- overwrite
- put/set pencil to paperidiom
- re-registration
- readability
- recompose
- reformulate
- registration
- rekey
- scribble
- touch-type
- unwritten
- writing
Idioms
be writ large
writ large