Definition of writ

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Writ (obs.) 3d pers. sing. pres. of Write, for writeth..

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Press :: Press (n.) The art or business of printing and publishing; hence, printed publications, taken collectively, more especially newspapers or the persons employed in writing for them; as, a free press is a blessing, a licentious press is a curse..
Crabbed :: Crabbed (n.) Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting..
Playwriter :: Playwriter (n.) A writer of plays; a dramatist; a playwright.
Comment :: Comment (n.) A note or observation intended to explain, illustrate, or criticise the meaning of a writing, book, etc.; explanation; annotation; exposition..
Dictate :: Dictate (v. i.) To compose literary works; to tell what shall be written or said by another.
Cursive :: Cursive (n.) A manuscript, especially of the New Testament, written in small, connected characters or in a running hand; -- opposed to uncial..
Tradition :: Tradition (n.) Hence, that which is transmitted orally from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; knowledge or belief transmitted without the aid of written memorials; custom or practice long observed..
Jurist :: "Jurist (a.) One who professes the science of law; one versed in the law, especially in the civil law; a writer on civil and international law..
Writhen :: Writhen () of Writh.
Memorialist :: Memorialist (n.) One who writes or signs a memorial.
Serial :: Serial (n.) A publication appearing in a series or succession of part; a tale, or other writing, published in successive numbers of a periodical..
Contract :: Contract (n.) A formal writing which contains the agreement of parties, with the terms and conditions, and which serves as a proof of the obligation..
Scire Facias :: Scire facias () A judicial writ, founded upon some record, and requiring the party proceeded against to show cause why the party bringing it should not have advantage of such record, or (as in the case of scire facias to repeal letters patent) why the record should not be annulled or vacated..
Epistolography :: Epistolography (n.) The art or practice of writing epistles.
Filacer :: Filacer (n.) A former officer in the English Court of Common Pleas; -- so called because he filed the writs on which he made out process.
Script :: Script (n.) Type made in imitation of handwriting.
Key :: Key (n.) That part of an instrument or machine which serves as the means of operating it; as, a telegraph key; the keys of a pianoforte, or of a typewriter..
Giallolino :: Giallolino (n.) A term variously employed by early writers on art, though commonly designating the yellow oxide of lead, or massicot..
Chart :: Chart (n.) A written deed; a charter.
Consolatory :: Consolatory (n.) That which consoles; a speech or writing intended for consolation.
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