writ1
n.
- a form of written command in the name of a court or other legal authority to do or abstain from doing a specified act.
▸
(one's writ)
one's power to enforce compliance or submission.
- archaic a piece or body of writing.
Etymology
OE, from the Gmc base of write.
writ2
v.
archaic past participle of
write.
Phrase
- writ large
in an obvious or exaggerated form.
