Habeas corpus, for one

The answer

WRIT

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WRIT answer page.

Used 20 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for WRIT

Every other clue in this collection answered by WRIT, most used first.

• Court order - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
• Legal document - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Legal order - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Habeas corpus, e.g. - used 36 times, most recently in 2024
• Order in the court - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Judge's order - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Judicial order - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Legal paper - used 20 times, most recently in 2020
• Formal order - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• ___ of habeas corpus - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Court document - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ large - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Subpoena, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Holy ___ - used 7 times, most recently in 2001
• Judicial document - used 7 times, most recently in 2025

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
• Change for a five - ONES, used 272 times
• "What's ___ for me?" - INIT, used 264 times
• One of the Great Lakes - ERIE, used 258 times
• Shrek, for one - OGRE, used 244 times
• Ready for business - OPEN, used 184 times

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