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Summon vs Writ - What's the difference?

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In legal|lang=en terms the difference between summon and writ

is that summon is (legal) to order someone to appear in court, especially by issuing a summons while writ is (legal) a written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.

As verbs the difference between summon and writ

is that summon is to call people together; to convene while writ is (dated|nonstandard).

As nouns the difference between summon and writ

is that summon is call, command, order while writ is (legal) a written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.

summon

English

(wikipedia summon)

Verb

(en-verb) (transitive)
  • To call people together; to convene.
  • * 2007 . Zerzan, John. Silence .
    • Silence is primary, summoning presence to itself; so it's a connection to the realm of origin.
  • To ask someone to come; to send for.
  • * November 2 2014 , Daniel Taylor, " Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
    • City will feel nonplussed when they review the tape and Pellegrini had to summon all his restraint in the post-match interviews.
  • (legal) To order someone to appear in court, especially by issuing a summons.

    • Derived terms

    * summons * summon up

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • call, command, order
    • The king's summons .

    writ

    English

    (wikipedia writ)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal) A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.
  • authority, power to enforce compliance
  • * '>citation
    • We can't let them take advantage of the fact that there are so many areas of the world where no one's writ runs.
  • (obsolete) that which is written; writing
  • * Spenser
    • Then to his hands that writ he did betake, / Which he disclosing read, thus as the paper spake.
  • * Knolles
    • Babylon, so much spoken of in Holy Writ

    Derived terms

    * drop the writ * Holy Writ * writ of habeas corpus

    References

    * Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia (Webster)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dated, nonstandard)
    • (Dryden)
  • * (Omar Khayyam) (in translation)
    • The moving finger writes, and having writ , not all your piety or wit can lure it back to cancel half a line

    Usage notes

    * The form writ'' survives in standard dialects only in the phrase ''writ large , though it remains common in some dialects (e.g. Scouse).

    Related terms

    * writ large ----