(law) a court order authorising an officer to carry a judgment into execution.

plural of writ of right

plural of prerogative writ

plural of Holy Writ

plural of writ-room

plural of writ of execution

plural of writ of summons

plural of writ of mandamus

plural of writ of prohibition

(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.