writs
Judicial command documents
Writs is the plural of writ, a formal written order issued by a court or other legal authority commanding someone to do or refrain from doing something.
A writ of habeas corpus demands that authorities justify holding a prisoner.
A writ of mandamus compels a government official to perform a duty.
The court issued writs to compel their testimony.
Writ requiring testimony
- summonsFormal court notification
- injunctionCourt-ordered behavioral requirement
- warrantFormal authorization document
- mandamusWrit ordering statutory duty
certiorari · garnishment · restraining · complaint · pleadings · affidavit · deposition · brief
Formal authoritative directive
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- directiveFormal command or instruction
- edictAuthoritative public command
- fiatAuthoritative official decree
dictate · pronouncement · ordinance · precept · rescript · ukase · diktat · decree
Treated hide for manuscripts
- scrollWound document of parchment
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- vellumPrepared calfskin for writing
- folioSingle-fold page format
charter · deed · seal · script · codex · record · transcript · proclamation
subpoena
Writ requiring testimony
- summonsFormal court notification
- injunctionCourt-ordered behavioral requirement
- warrantFormal authorization document
mandamus · certiorari · garnishment · restraining · complaint · pleadings · affidavit · deposition · brief · judgment
mandate
Formal authoritative directive
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- directiveFormal command or instruction
- edictAuthoritative public command
fiat · dictate · pronouncement · ordinance · precept · rescript · ukase · diktat · decree · enactment
parchment
Treated hide for manuscripts
- scrollWound document of parchment
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- vellumPrepared calfskin for writing
folio · charter · deed · seal · script · codex · record · transcript · proclamation · missive
- royal decreesroyal decree, royal decrees, decree, decrees, royal edict
- legallawyer, judge, jury, trial, verdict
- historical recordsdiary, census record, annual reviews, letter, government records
- written documentsnewspaper, diary, journal, manuscript, scroll
- English Lawbarristers, solicitors, solicitor, High Court, Crown Court
- litigationpleadings, lawsuit, plaintiff, complaint, lawsuits
writssuggestions
Proposed ideas or advice
recommendations · requests · advice · entreaties · pleas
Trust-based informal contracts
personal correspondence · private messages · whispered words · memoranda · text messages
- write downRecord in text
- write offCancel as unrecoverable
- written offRegarded as worthless
- in writingRecorded in text
- written in stonePermanently established, unalterable
- creative writingOriginal literary expression
write, writer, writing, written, handwriting, rewrite, writes, writers, unwritten