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Writ

/rˈɪt/
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(noun) A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.

That was well writ.
My book became the Holy writ for all those engineers.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The court issued a ____ of habeas corpus, requiring the prisoner to be brought before a server judge today.

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