writ
noun /rɪt/
/rɪt/
- writ (for something) (against somebody) a legal document from a court telling somebody to do or not to do something
(法庭的)令状,书面命令 - The company has been served with a writ for breach of contract.
这家公司因违约已接到法院令状。 - We fully intend to issue a writ against the newspaper.
我们一心想传讯这家报纸。
Topics Law and justicec2- A writ was filed in the High Court.
向高等法院提交令状。 - Creditors could obtain a writ for the arrest of their debtors.
债权人可以获得逮捕债务人的令状。 - He can file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
他可以申请人身保护令。 - He has been served with a High Court writ.
他收到了高等法院的传票。 - The Supreme Court granted a writ.
最高法院发出了一个令状。 - The businessmen have issued a writ against the authority for damages.
商人对当局发出了要求作出赔偿的文书。 - The lawyer came to serve a writ on him.
律师来给他送传票。 - a writ for damages/libel
要求赔偿损失的文书;诽谤令状 - a writ of execution/summons
执行令状/ 传票
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- legal
- High Court
- libel
- …
- apply for
- seek
- obtain
- …
- in a/the writ
- writ against
- writ for
- …
- an application for a writ of…
- a petition for a writ of…
词源noun Old English, as a general term denoting written matter, from the Germanic base of write. - The company has been served with a writ for breach of contract.