<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Law: a formal order under seal, issued in the name of a sovereign, government, court, or other competent authority, enjoining the officer or other person to whom it is issued or addressed to do or refrain from some specified act.</li><li>(in early English law): any formal document in letter form, under seal, and in the sovereign's name.</li><li>Something written; a writing: sacred writ.</li></ul>