1. n.1 a form of written command in the name of a sovereign, court, State, etc., to act or abstain from acting in some way.
2 a Crown document summoning a peer to Parliament or ordering the election of a member or members of Parliament.
Phrases and idioms:
serve a writ on deliver a writ to (a person). one's writ runs one has authority (as specified).
Etymology: OE (as WRITE) 2.
archaic past part. of WRITE.
Phrases and idioms:
writ large in magnified or emphasized form.