Usually means: Court order enforcing authority's search.
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  1. writ of assistance: Merriam-Webster
  2. writ of assistance: Wiktionary
  3. writ of assistance: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. writ of assistance: Dictionary.com
  5. Writ of Assistance, Writ of assistance: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. writ of assistance: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. Assistance, Writ of, Writ of Assistance: Legal dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (writ of assistance)

noun:  (historical, US) a court order that authorized customs officers to conduct general searches of premises for contraband; a form of search warrant

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