writ

writ definition - business

writ

A written legal order requiring a specific action or inaction. For example, a writ of habeas corpus is a court order for a detaining authority to bring a detainee before the court in order to determine if the detention is legal. A writ of execution might direct a sheriff to give a plaintiff possession of property.

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