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prerogative writs, subpoenas, and
certiorari are
common types of
writs, but many
forms exist and have existed. In its
earliest form, a
writ was simply...
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detention is lawful. The
writ of
habeas corpus was
described in the
eighteenth century by
William Blackstone as a "great and
efficacious writ in all
manner of...
- "word" is a word, the word "English" is (in) English, the word "
writable" is
writable, and the word "pentasyllabic" has five syllables. The opposite,...
- A
writ of
election is a
writ issued ordering the
holding of an election. In
Commonwealth countries writs are the
usual mechanism by
which general elections...
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court or
government agency.
Certiorari comes from the name of a
prerogative writ in England,
issued by a
superior court to
direct that the
record of the lower...
-
using "
writable microcode" —
rather than
storing the
microcode in ROM or hard-wired logic, the
microcode is
stored in a RAM
called a
writable control...
- A
writ of
prohibition is a
writ directing a
subordinate to stop
doing something the law prohibits. This
writ is
often issued by a
superior court to the...
- A
writ of
attachment is a
court order to "attach" or
seize an ****et. It is
issued by a
court to a law
enforcement officer or sheriff. The
writ of attachment...
- A
writ of ****istance is a
written order (a
writ)
issued by a
court instructing a law
enforcement official, such as a
sheriff or a tax collector, to perform...
- DVD±R/±RW, DVD+/-RW, DVD±R(W) and
other arbitrary ways)
handles all
common writable disc types, but not DVD-RAM. A
drive that
supports writing to all these...
