How to Use writ in a Sentence

writ

noun

• He was served with a writ.
• The judge issued a writ of habeas corpus.
• The landlord will have to go back to court and get a new writ.
  — AZCentral.com, 15 June 2021
• Second, Pelosi's writ only runs on the House side of Capitol Hill.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 30 Sep. 2021
• But the writ was the improper method to challenge the compact, justices ruled.
  — Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
• The city did not name Google as a defendant in the case, but its writ included links to 32 YouTube videos.
  — Rachel Cheung, Fortune, 20 July 2023
• The eviction process was allowed to proceed all the way up to the point the court issues a writ of possession to the landlord.
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 2 Aug. 2021
• But the court doesn’t track what happens after the judgment, unless a writ is issued.
  — AZCentral.com, 19 Apr. 2022
• But those are now on hold until the Supreme Court rules on SB 126 in a supervisory writ.
  — Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2023
• The suit is known as a petition for a writ of mandate and declaratory relief.
  — Paul Pringlestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2022
• The state attorney general has five days to file an emergency writ, a type of appeal, to seek a stay and keep the law in place.
  — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 1 June 2021
• Deputies serving the writ arrested five men, including Kinney, and a 16-year-old who were inside the house at the time.
  — oregonlive, 10 Dec. 2020
• Hunter also stated in the writ that trying his client again would be double jeopardy.
  — Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News, 21 June 2022
• But the same trend was under way in Belgium, too, and in Italy, Peru, and other places safely beyond his writ.
  — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020
• The state’s writ does not hold; public services barely exist.
  — The Economist, 20 June 2020
• Before granting the writ Friday, the Supreme Court on Sept. 17 issued a stay of the gag order, pending further review by the court.
  — Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2020
• According to a writ filed by D.H. Daniel, a peace officer, the summons was never served.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 18 Sep. 2020
• Preserve Calavera filed the petition for a writ of mandate Nov. 18.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2022
• If an Arizona justice of the peace grants an eviction judgment to a landlord against a tenant, then a writ can be issued.
  — AZCentral.com, 8 Nov. 2021
• The county then filed a petition with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals seeking a writ ordering him to accept the deal and dismiss the case.
  — Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
• The lawyer will be able to apply for a writ of possession once the judgment officially appears on the court docket.
  — Emma Colton, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2023
• If, on the other hand, the attorney general declines to act, the losing candidate can file the writ.
  — Ian MacDougall, ProPublica, 3 Nov. 2020
• The key document was the original writ, in which a man named Thomas Staundon brought an action against Chaumpaigne and Chaucer—as co-defendants.
  — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
• In his filing, Chrestman described Echols' request as a habeas corpus writ.
  — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2022
• In the case of vacancies in the House, governors can issue a writ of election to fill those vacancies, according to the report.
  — Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2020
• The judge granted the nonprofit’s request for a writ of mandate, an act that invalidates the measure and bars the city from striking the Midway District from the coastal zone.
  — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Dec. 2021
• After six months of no rent, Solomonic now has a writ of possession, and his tenant has been ordered to vacate the property.
  — Michael Taylor, ExpressNews.com, 23 Sep. 2020
• Because no final judgment had been filed in the case, Owens argued, a writ demanding payment to Coger should also be set aside.
  — Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 8 Aug. 2023
• Following the rules of the expulsion, Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, then has to sign what's called a writ of election to set the dates for a future special election.
  — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2023
• The soonest a landlord will be able to get a writ is 10 days after the moratorium expires in most cases, Michigan Legal Help notes.
  — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 26 Jun 2024