How to Use writ in a Sentence

writ

noun
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  • The landlord will have to go back to court and get a new writ.
    — AZCentral.com, 15 June 2021
  • Second, Pelosi's writ only runs on the House side of Capitol Hill.
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 30 Sep. 2021
  • But the writ was the improper method to challenge the compact, justices ruled.
    — Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The city did not name Google as a defendant in the case, but its writ included links to 32 YouTube videos.
    — Rachel Cheung, Fortune, 20 July 2023
  • The eviction process was allowed to proceed all the way up to the point the court issues a writ of possession to the landlord.
    — Anna Bahney, CNN, 2 Aug. 2021
  • That election must be held on the 46th day after the governor’s issuance of the writ of election.
    — Daniela Altimari, courant.com, 8 Nov. 2019
  • And in the end, what is the world but an island writ large, marooned in a vast blankness, burning through its stores of food and fuel?
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2019
  • But the court doesn’t track what happens after the judgment, unless a writ is issued.
    — AZCentral.com, 19 Apr. 2022
  • But those are now on hold until the Supreme Court rules on SB 126 in a supervisory writ.
    — Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The suit is known as a petition for a writ of mandate and declaratory relief.
    — Paul Pringlestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The state attorney general has five days to file an emergency writ, a type of appeal, to seek a stay and keep the law in place.
    — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 1 June 2021
  • In March, the court signed off on a writ that that would allow the sheriff’s department to garnish the couple’s wages and seize their bank accounts.
    — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Deputies serving the writ arrested five men, including Kinney, and a 16-year-old who were inside the house at the time.
    — oregonlive, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Hunter also stated in the writ that trying his client again would be double jeopardy.
    — Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News, 21 June 2022
  • But the same trend was under way in Belgium, too, and in Italy, Peru, and other places safely beyond his writ.
    — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020
  • The state’s writ does not hold; public services barely exist.
    — The Economist, 20 June 2020
  • Before granting the writ Friday, the Supreme Court on Sept. 17 issued a stay of the gag order, pending further review by the court.
    — Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2020
  • According to a writ filed by D.H. Daniel, a peace officer, the summons was never served.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Preserve Calavera filed the petition for a writ of mandate Nov. 18.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2022
  • If an Arizona justice of the peace grants an eviction judgment to a landlord against a tenant, then a writ can be issued.
    — AZCentral.com, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Those special elections must be held exactly 46 days after the date the writ was issued.
    — USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2019
  • However, writ large, a team’s injuries year to year are fickle and more at the mercy of variance than anything else.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2024
  • For weeks prior, the looming event had played out in the national press as a hot-button culture wars story, writ large.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The county then filed a petition with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals seeking a writ ordering him to accept the deal and dismiss the case.
    — Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The lawyer will be able to apply for a writ of possession once the judgment officially appears on the court docket.
    — Emma Colton, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • If, on the other hand, the attorney general declines to act, the losing candidate can file the writ.
    — Ian MacDougall, ProPublica, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Deputies who want to contest the commission typically must file a writ in court and wait for a judge to evaluate the findings.
    — Matt Stiles, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2019
  • The Patriots defense still has not allowed a touchdown and has given up 3 points in three games but the Patriots writ large lost their streak.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2019
  • The key document was the original writ, in which a man named Thomas Staundon brought an action against Chaumpaigne and Chaucer—as co-defendants.
    — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
  • This is the opportunity for the PA to expand its writ and unite the divided Palestinian polity.
    — Martin Indyk, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024

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