judicial writ

1. 1.

   (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer

   Synonymswrit

   Broaderlegal document

   Narrowercourt orderwarrantassizecertiorarihabeas corpusvenire faciasmandamusattachmentfieri faciasscire facias

   law

Questions about judicial writ

What does judicial writ mean?

judicial writ means "(law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer".

What is another word for judicial writ?

Close synonyms include writ. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is judicial writ a common word?

judicial writ is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.