WRIT A precept in writing, couched in the form of a letter, RUNNING in the name of the king, president, or state, issuing from a court of justice, and sealed with its seal, addressed to a sheriff or other officer of the law, or directly to the person the court desires to command, either as the commencement of a suit or other proceeding or as incidental to it's progress, and requiring the performance of a specified act, or giving authority and commission to have it done.
Printed copy · Anthology Volume 4, page 45Printed copy from The Tender For Law Anthology, Volume 4, page 45 (printed 13 June 2014). Added by this site; not part of the Facebook export.