Dictionary of Legal Terms

Writ

1) An order of a court directing that a person or entity undertake a particular course of action or refrain from taking a particular course of action. 2) The application for such an order. For example, often the phrase habeas corpus is used to mean both the application to the court and the court's order issuing the writ. See extraordinary writ.

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