noun
English to Spanish Dictionary

writ Meaning in Spanish (writ significado en español)

mandamiento
Sinónimos:orden judicialedicto
mandamiento in English:writ
Plural: writs
Gender:Masculino
Quick Answer • Resumen

El significado de writ en español es mandamiento. (Una orden escrita formal emitida por un tribunal de justicia u otra autoridad legal competente, que ordena al destinatario hacer o abstenerse de hacer un acto específico.)

Definitions of Writ

  1. 1
    noun(formal)
    mandamiento

    A formal written order issued by a court of law or other competent legal authority, commanding the recipient to do or refrain from doing a specified act.

    Una orden escrita formal emitida por un tribunal de justicia u otra autoridad legal competente, que ordena al destinatario hacer o abstenerse de hacer un acto específico.

Example Sentences

formal, legal

“The Supreme Court issued a writ of mandamus against the government.”

El Tribunal Supremo emitió un mandamiento de mandamus contra el gobierno.

Synonyms (Sinónimos)

In Spanish:

orden judicialedicto

Inflected Word Forms

past participlewritten
gerundwriting
agent nounwriter

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

writ of habeas corpuscollocation

A legal order requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court.

writ of mandamuscollocation

An order from a superior court to a lower court or government official, ordering them to perform a specific duty.

writ of certioraricollocation

A type of writ by which a superior court reviews the decision of a lower court.