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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Origins
- Development
- Rationalisation of writs
- List
- Writ of election
- United States law
- Prerogative writs
- Other writs
- Indian law
- See also
- Notes
- Bibliography
thumb|A writ of attachment
In common law, a writ is a formal written order issued by a body with administrative or judicial jurisdiction; in modern usage, this body is generally a court. Warrants, prerogative writs, subpoenas, and certiorari are common types of writs, but many forms exist and have existed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “writ” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.