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   writ

   /rit/

   noun

   • 1. a form of written command in the name of a court or other legal authority to act, or abstain from acting, in some way.
   • ▪ one's power to enforce compliance or submission; one's authority: "you have business here which is out of my writ and competence"

   Word Origin Old English, as a general term denoting written matter, from the Germanic base of write.

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • W

     4

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • T

     1

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