WRIT

(DOCUMENT) [noun] [C] legal - a legal document from a court of law which informs someone that they will be involved in a legal process and instructs them what they must doa civil writa libel writThere have been at least seven writs issued against him for late payment of bills.She has served a writ for libel on the newspaper (= She has delivered it to them officially).He was not allowed to appeal against the decision and the court rejected his application for a writ of habeas corpus.