writ

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n. 令状, 文书, 文件, 书面命令 [经] 法院命令

发音

US /ɹɪt/

词形变化

writs 复数 writs

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.

    令状

    可数 法律 不可数
  2. 2.

    A document ordering that an election be conducted.

    澳大利亚 加拿大 新西兰 英国 可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    An order issued by the House of Lords summoning peers to the Chamber.

    英国 可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    Authority, power to enforce compliance.

    不可数 可数
  5. 5.

    That which is written; writing.

    古体 可数 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    simple past of write

    过时 方言
  2. 2.

    past participle of write up

    过时 方言

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

instrument legal instrument

下位词 10

process warrant subpoena summons attachment assize certiorari court order fieri facias habeas corpus

相关短语

writ large 显而易见的; 浅显易懂的; （用于名词后）扩大了的; 更明显的 writ larger writ largest writ of assistance [法] 恢复土地占有的令状, 授权接管清理动产令 writ of mandamus [法] 职务执行令 writ of inquiry [法] 评定损害赔偿数额调查令 writ of right [英国法律]权利令，权利状（依据人民权利发出的令状，即人民有权要求法庭或大法官发出的令状） writ of summons [经] 传讯命令 writ of execution [经] 执行命令 writ of prohibition [法] 禁止令 writ of privilege writ small 以缩小了的形式表示的, 缩影 writ of attachment [法] 逮捕令, 扣押令, 查封令 writ of habeas corpus [法] 人身保护状 writ up

词源

From Middle English writ, from Old English writ and ġewrit (“writing”), from Proto-Germanic *writą (“fissure, writing”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey-, *wrī- (“to scratch, carve, ingrave”). Cognate with Scots writ (“writ, writing, handwriting”), Icelandic rit (“writing, writ, literary work, publication”).

来源：wiktionary