writ

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as in warrant

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Recent Examples of writ The office's writs and appeals division, meanwhile, was combing through new evidence and questions surrounding evidence in the previous trials. Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024 This is a transitional year, not just in the TV industry writ large but at the Emmys. Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024 The writ was signed June 19, and the Los Angeles Times requested a copy of the document from the governor’s office Wednesday. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2024 Likewise, where the debtor's wages are involved, a creditor may garnish those wages by having a writ of garnishment served upon the employer and then the non-exempt amount of the debtor's wages are then ultimately paid over to the creditor. Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for writ 
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Noun
  • The company reported a decrease in the fair value of warrants liability, reflecting the decline in both the price of public warrants and the company's shares.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Two of those cases were dismissed, however, after a judge ruled that Price’s office failed to seek the proper paperwork — in this case, an arrest warrant — before the statute of limitations expired.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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  • The filing also details various financial instruments, including convertible notes and warrants issued in January 2023.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Both sides of the family all sang and played instruments.
    Sid Evans, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • And the ticker-tape parade of summonses has spurred compliance.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Four people were taken into custody and handed summonses at the event, CBS reported.
    Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The city and county of San Francisco filed the lawsuit seeking an injunction on April 18, alleging trademark infringement, unfair competition and false designation of the airport, according to court documents.
    Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Most images, documents, media, and 3D file formats work.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 11 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • She was arrested and jailed on a civil order called a capias for repeatedly refusing Moukawsher’s orders requiring her to cooperate with a trustee appointed to close her law practice and prohibiting her from withdrawing money from a client account.
    Hartford Courant, Hartford Courant, 6 June 2022
  • Videos of three days worth of court proceedings obtained by cleveland.com and accompanying court records confirm that Carr issued multiple capiases -- the legal term for an arrest warrant -- and placed arrest bonds on several of them.
    Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 21 Mar. 2020
Noun
  • The paper denied that Bezos was involved in that decision.
    David Ingram, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Endorsements have fallen off significantly in the past two election cycles as papers grapple with growing polarization and fears of political retribution.
    Noah Bressner, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • On August 6, 2024, Tippecanoe County Board of Elections officials filed a subpoena with the Tippecanoe County Court, ordering Schenke to appear at the board's Aug. 15 meeting.
    Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Tanya has been arrested after repeatedly failing to respond to a grand-jury subpoena, and the cops found a hidden car in the garage — a car tied to the double murder in Boston.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
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  • Just months after that special filing window closed in late 2023, the diocese responded by filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • United States 12 Month Oil Fund, LP has submitted its 10-Q filing for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2024.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024

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“Writ.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writ. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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