writ of right

1. 1.

   a writ ordering that land be restored to its rightful owner

   Broaderwrit

   law

Questions about writ of right

What does writ of right mean?

writ of right means "a writ ordering that land be restored to its rightful owner".

Is writ of right a common word?

writ of right 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.