Writ large

Definition

writ /rÇt/ n ~ (for sth) အမိန္႔စာခြၽန္။ serve (ie officially deliver) a writ for libel on sb/serve sb with a writ for libel ❍ The patient's solicitors issued a writ against the doctor, alleging negligence. See also HOLY WRIT ( arch ) pp of WRITE ❏ writ large [ IDM ] ( fml or rhet ) ၁။ ထင္းထင္းႀကီးေပၚသည္။ Disappointment was writ large on their faces. ၂။ ပံုႀကီးခ်ဲ႕မႈ။ ဗာရာဏသီခ်ဲ႕မႈ။ Their political philosophy is just selfishness writ large.

Examples

1. ‘Your Honour
2. we have not appealed against that
3. but what we do say is that we have sufficient standing to obtain either of the prerogative writs if ultimately the Court were minded to grant them and we do not really need more than that.’
4. ‘Under U.S. law
5. a person held in custody by a state may challenge his conviction or sentence by seeking a writ of habeas corpus in federal court.’
6. ‘In a broad sense
7. and absent some statutory provision
8. the writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum is available to secure the liberty of a person improperly detained -’
9. ‘Many years after the original judgments were taken out
10. an application was brought to the court to have new writs of seizure and sale issued.’
11. ‘Where a court or a public officer wrongly refuses jurisdiction the exercise of the jurisdiction can be commanded by a writ of mandamus.’
12. ‘If a lower court commits a factual or legal error
13. the Supreme Court will not grant a writ of certiorari simply to review that error.’
14. ‘The most fundamental of these guarantees - and one of the cornerstones of democratic rights worldwide - is the right to petition a court for a writ of habeas corpus.’
15. ‘When the plaintiff initiates the action
16. the defendant named in the writ shall be summoned to answer at the next court of portmensmoot.’
17. ‘The applicant commenced proceedings in this Court for writs of mandamus
18. certiorari and injunctions.’
19. ‘It was in the context of a privative clause in relation to the ability of courts to issue prerogative writs.’
20. ‘You or your representative has the right to go to a court and seek a writ of habeas corpus.’
21. ‘It was in these circumstances that the applicant commenced her proceedings in this Court seeking the constitutional writ of mandamus and the declarations previously set out.’
22. ‘I am sorry
23. I want to seek leave for a certificate to take the matter to the Queen in Council because of the fact that there is a High Court Judge in the writ.’
24. ‘In wartime
25. Congress has the power to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus - which permits a court to examine the lawfulness of executive detention.’
26. ‘In September 2004
27. the applicant filed an application in the High Court for the constitutional writs of certiorari and mandamus.’
28. ‘Thus it may in proper cases take the place of an action for negligence
29. or an action for breach of warranty of authority brought by the person named as defendant in the writ.’
30. ‘Civilians enjoyed the rights to counsel and trial by jury and the privilege of a habeas corpus writ to test the legality of government detention.’
31. ‘I have no problem with it in terms of the prerogative writs; the courts have a discretion there.’
32. ‘Where bureaucrats are not following due process or doing their job
33. and are sitting on their hands or dragging their feet
34. citizens have the right to bring to the courts a writ of mandamus.’
35. ‘That language suggests that
36. if the prisoners had alleged different facts
37. they might have been entitled to a writ of habeas corpus from a civilian court.’