#judicial_writ__writ  a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
  supertype:  #legal_document__legaldocument__legal_instrument__legalinstrument__officialdocument__instrument  a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
  subtype:  #court_order__courtorder  a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something
     subtype:  #divestiture  an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior; "the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly"
  subtype:  #warrant  a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts
     subtype:  #search_warrant  a warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to search for objects or people involved in the commission of a crime and to produce them in court; the warrant describes the locations where the officials may search
     subtype:  #bench_warrant__benchwarrant__arrest_warrant  a warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to apprehend an offender and bring that person to court
        subtype:  #pickup.bench_warrant  (informal) a warrant to take someone into custody; "put out a pickup on that man"
     subtype:  #death_warrant__deathwarrant  a warrant to execute the death sentence
     subtype:  #lettre_de_cachet__cachet  French history: the king could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal
     subtype:  #reprieve.warrant  a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
     subtype:  #commutation.warrant  a warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one
     subtype:  #pardon__amnesty  a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
  subtype:  #assize  an ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property
  subtype:  #writ_of_certiorari__certiorari  a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case
  subtype:  #writ_of_habeas_corpus__habeas_corpus  a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge
  subtype:  #venire_facias  a judicial writ ordering a sheriff to summon people for jury duty
  subtype:  #writ_of_mandamus__mandamus  an extraordinary writ commanding an official to perform a ministerial act that the law recognizes as an absolute duty and not a matter for the official's discretion; used only when all other judicial remedies fail
  subtype:  #attachment.judicial_writ  a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding
  subtype:  #fieri_facias  a writ ordering a levy on the belongings of a debtor to satisfy the debt
  subtype:  #scire_facias  a judicial writ based on some record and requiring the party against whom it is brought to show cause why the record should not be enforced or annulled
  subtype:  #writ_of_detinue  a writ ordering the release of goods that have been unlawfully detained
  subtype:  #writ_of_execution  a writ ordering that a judgment be enforced
  subtype:  #writ_of_election  a writ ordering the holding of an election
  subtype:  #writ_of_error  a judicial writ from an appellate court ordering the court of record to produce the records of trial
  subtype:  #writ_of_prohibition  a judicial writ from a higher court ordering a lower court not to exercise jurisdiction in a particular case
  subtype:  #writ_of_right  a writ ordering that land be restored to its rightful owner
  subtype:  #summons.judicial_writ__summon__process__proces  a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant
     subtype:  #citation  a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding
     subtype:  #ticket.summons  a summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation)
        subtype:  #speeding_ticket  a ticket issued for driving above the speed limit
        subtype:  #parking_ticket__parkingticket  a ticket issued for parking in a restricted place
  subtype:  #subpoena_ad_testificandum__subpoena  a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court
  subtype:  #subpoena_duces_tecum  a writ issued by a court at the request of one of the parties to a suit; it requires a witness to bring to court or to a deposition any relevant documents under the witness's control

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