writ
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Even if successful, the lawsuit wouldn’t invalidate the tax writ large; instead, it seeks to block the city from taking any further actions on the tax warning notices it already sent out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Byrd and Roberts can still ask the First District Court of Appeal to review the denial of their Stand Your Ground motion before trial, through a petition for a writ of prohibition.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
The government injected billions into banks, insurance giant AIG and the automobile industry to prevent the collapse of individual companies that would have jeopardized the economy and the financial system writ large if they failed.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
It represents a leap in the evolution of Saar’s work — her smaller scale imaginings now writ large.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
When we got inside the post office Mr. MacMahon hefted a box onto the shelf then looked in a mailbag that had buxton writ ’cross the front.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
They tore into him with false claims and calumnies and writs against him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
The Honduran woman, not named in court documents, filed a petition for writs of habeas corpus, challenging the legality of her and her family’s detention at a Texas facility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025
Such writs are rare because they permit intervention before normal appellate procedures have been exhausted.
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2025
Stark said he will soon decide the estimated dates by which the creditors must complete procedures to obtain writs of attachment to participate in the auction.
From Reuters ● Sep. 12, 2023
When Walter, who could barely read or write, failed to file the various pleadings, writs, motions, and lawsuits the other prisoners had advised him to file, they blamed him for his predicament.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Vocabulary lists containing writ
The Constitution of the United States
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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100 SAT words Beginning with W,X,Y, and Z
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