(law) A writ from a superior tribunal staying proceedings in a lower court. / (law, Scotland) A clause in a deed of entail forbidding the heir to sell the estate, contract debt, etc.

An order for the release of a person from custody.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see writ, small, smaller, smallest. / (figuratively) Miniaturized; on a small scale.

Alternative spelling of Holy Writ

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drop the writ

present participle of drop the writ

simple past tense and past participle of drop the writ

plural of writ of assistance

plural of writ of inquiry

plural of writ of right