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From Middle English writ, from Old English writ and ġewrit (“writing”), from Proto-Germanic *writą (“fissure, writing”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey-, *wrī- (“to scratch, carve, ingrave”). Cognate with Scots writ (“writ, writing, handwriting”), Icelandic rit (“writing, writ, literary work, publication”).

From Middle English writ, write, from Old English write.

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: нареждане (nareždane) — a written order
• Bulgarian: предписание (predpisanie) — a written order
• Chinese Mandarin: 令狀 /令状 (lìngzhuàng) — a written order
• Czech: písemný příkaz — a written order
• Dutch: bevelschrift — a written order
• Dutch: gerechterlijke opdracht — a written order
• Dutch: dwangbevel — a written order
• Finnish: oikeuden määräys — a written order
• French: ordonnance — a written order
• German: Erlaß — a written order
• German: Gerichtsurkunde — a written order
• German: Verfügung — a written order
• German: Zwangsbefehl — a written order
• Hindi: विधि (vidhi) — a written order
• Hungarian: végzés — a written order
• Hungarian: bírósági végzés — a written order
• Hungarian: bírói végzés — a written order
• Hungarian: hivatalos okirat — a written order
• Italian: ordinanza — a written order
• Italian: intimazione — a written order
• Italian: mandato — a written order
• Italian: ingiunzione — a written order
• Japanese: 令状 (reijō) — a written order
• Korean: 영장 (yeongjang) — a written order
• Māori: tāmana — a written order
• Māori: whakahau-ā-pukapuka — a written order
• Polish: nakaz sądowy — a written order
• Portuguese: mandado — a written order
• Russian: прика́з (prikáz) — a written order
• Russian: распоряже́ние суда́ (rasporjažénije sudá) — a written order
• Spanish: decreto judicial — a written order
• Spanish: recurso — a written order
• Spanish: auto — a written order
• Spanish: requerimiento judicial — a written order
• Spanish: orden escrito — a written order
• Spanish: orden escripta — a written order
• Swedish: skrivelse — a written order
• Czech: pověření — authority, power to enforce compliance
• Czech: mandát — authority, power to enforce compliance
• Bulgarian: писание (pisanie) — that which is written
• Czech: písemnost — that which is written
• Finnish: kirjoitus — that which is written
• French: écrit — that which is written
• Gothic: 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰 (bōka) — that which is written
• Italian: scritto — that which is written
• K'iche': tz'ib'atalik — that which is written
• Polish: pismo — that which is written
• Portuguese: escrito — that which is written
• Spanish: escrito — that which is written
• Spanish: escripto — that which is written
• Swedish: skrift — that which is written