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writ

noun
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  1. writ (for something) (against somebody) a legal document from a court telling somebody to do or not to do something（法庭的）令状，书面命令
    • The company has been served with a writ for breach of contract.这家公司因违约已接到法院令状。🔊🔊
    • We fully intend to issue a writ against the newspaper.我们一心想传讯这家报纸。🔊🔊
    see also Holy Writ
    Extra Examples
    • A writ was filed in the High Court.向高等法院提交令状。
    • Creditors could obtain a writ for the arrest of their debtors.债权人可以获得逮捕债务人的令状。
    • He can file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.他可以申请人身保护令。
    • He has been served with a High Court writ.他收到了高等法院的传票。
    • The Supreme Court granted a writ.最高法院发出了一个令状。
    • The businessmen have issued a writ against the authority for damages.商人对当局发出了要求作出赔偿的文书。
    • The lawyer came to serve a writ on him.律师来给他送传票。
    • a writ for damages/​libel要求赔偿损失的文书；诽谤令状
    • a writ of execution/​summons执行令状/ 传票
    Topics Law and justicec2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • legal
    • High Court
    • libel
    • …
    verb + writ
    • apply for
    • seek
    • obtain
    • …
    preposition
    • in a/​the writ
    • writ against
    • writ for
    • …
    phrases
    • an application for a writ of…
    • a petition for a writ of…
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    Word Originnoun Old English, as a general term denoting written matter, from the Germanic base of write.

writ

verb
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  1. past participle of write
    Word Originnoun Old English, as a general term denoting written matter, from the Germanic base of write.
Idioms
writ large (literary)
  1. easy to see or understand显而易见的；公然
    • Mistrust was writ large on her face.她脸上明显流露出不信任的神情。🔊🔊
  2. (used after a noun用于名词后) being a large or obvious example of the thing mentioned明摆着；典型
    • This is deception writ large.这是明目张胆的欺骗。🔊🔊