The courthouse had several writ-rooms where clerks filed and retrieved legal orders throughout the day.

The contract's indemnity clause was writ small at the bottom of the two-page agreement.

He treated the old law as holy writ, never questioning its rules.

When the prime minister drops the writ, the country prepares for an early election.

After consulting with advisors, the prime minister is contemplating dropping the writ to call an early election next month.

The premier dropped the writ yesterday, plunging the province into a surprise election campaign.

The appellate court considered petitions seeking prerogative writs to ensure lower tribunals had acted within their jurisdiction.

In his lecture on folklore, the professor argued that proverbs should be writ in pairs to maintain their traditional cadence.