Definition of writ

• obs. - 3d pers. sing. pres. of Write, for writeth.
• - imp. & p. p. of Write.
• n. - That which is written; writing; scripture; -- applied especially to the Scriptures, or the books of the Old and New testaments; as, sacred writ.
• n. - An instrument in writing, under seal, in an epistolary form, issued from the proper authority, commanding the performance or nonperformance of some act by the person to whom it is directed; as, a writ of entry, of error, of execution, of injunction, of mandamus, of return, of summons, and the like.
• Archaic imp. & p. p. - of Write