noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Holy Writ
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Lenin’s word was by no means accepted as holy writ.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
holy
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They promptly dumped every economic principle that had once been Labour holy writ .
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He stands in front of the cameras and preaches with unmistakable pomposity, treating his opinions as if they were holy writ .
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It should be remembered that research findings and conclusions are guidelines, not holy writ .
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At that time Freudianizm still prevailed, and Freudian theory was holy writ .
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It is legitimate to speculate about the Devil as long as we do not assume that our speculations have the solidity of holy writ .
■ NOUN
libel
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Self-knowledge, after all, comes cheaper than libel writs .
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Accordingly the House rejected the committee's recommendations and ruled that the issuing of the libel writ was not a contempt.
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His indignation frequently boiled over to a point where he thought and demanded that a libel writ should be issued.
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The familiar Maxwell reach for a libel writ brought about an immediate public apology.
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You needed to tone down the quotes at times to avert a libel writ .
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He issued a libel writ after John Patten's comments at a Tory party fringe meeting.
■ VERB
issue
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We then issued a writ and proceedings ensued.
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He issued a writ claiming damages for wrongful dismissal.
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They are expected to be issued with a writ tomorrow giving them two weeks to leave the premises.
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On 15 July 1987, the Woolwich issued a writ to recover the capital sum and interest thereon.
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The negotiations dragged on and in the end I was constrained to issue a writ .
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It libelled the plaintiff who issued a writ against the editor.
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It plans to issue a protective writ but is hoping to achieve a settlement.
serve
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Voice over Jaguar has already served a writ on one customer who withdrew his order.
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In some ways it's like serving a writ , only in this circumstance it's entirely beneficial to the recipient.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
serve a summons/writ etc
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In some ways it's like serving a writ, only in this circumstance it's entirely beneficial to the recipient.
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Voice over Jaguar has already served a writ on one customer who withdrew his order.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was released temporarily under a writ of corpus, pending his forthcoming trial.
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His firm unleashes its nuclear arsenal of threats and writs.
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In fact the writ was then withdrawn.
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The Chairman of the Board immediately issued a writ for libel.