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noun
A writ from a superior tribunal staying proceedings in a lower court.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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noun
A clause in a deed of entail forbidding the heir to sell the estate, contract debt, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
Topics: law
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noun
a judicial writ from a higher court ordering a lower court not to exercise jurisdiction in a particular case
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: writ, judicial writ
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