Usually means: Official legal orders from court.
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  1. writs: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Writs: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (writ)

noun:  (law) A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.
noun:  Authority, power to enforce compliance.
noun:  (archaic) That which is written; writing.
noun:  A written order, issued by the British House of Commons, ordering a parliamentary by-election, or an order, issued by the Lord Chancellor, ordering a general election, or one issued by the House of Lords summoning Peers to the Chamber.
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